Question 8
Item |
Food and drinks |
Fuel |
Rent |
Building Project |
Education |
Savings |
Percentage(%) |
35 |
7.5 |
10 |
15 |
17.5 |
|
The table shows the monthly expenditure (in percentage) of Mr. Okafor’s salary.
- Calculate the percentage of Mr. Okafor’s salary that was put into savings.
- Illustrate the information on a pie chart.
- If Mr. Okafor’s annual gross salary is $ 28, 800.00 and he pays tax of 12%, calculate:
- his monthly tax;
- amount saved each month.
Observation
The Chief Examiner reported that part (a) and (c) of this question was well attempted by majority of the candidates’. However, there were a few others who could not simplify correctly. While in part (b), some candidates’ were unable to draw the pie chart required correctly.
In part (a), they were expected to add the percentages together and equate to zero to give
35 +7.5 +10 +15 +17.5 + x =100.simplifying and solving gives .
In part (b), they did as expected to find the angles of the listed items as shown:
