The table above shows agricultural imports for the island of South Cerney for a period of five months. Use this information to answer the following questions
What was the average value of potatoes imported per month over the whole period?
Answer: B
Explanation: Monthly tonnage of potatoes imported was as follows: Jan 34 Feb 33 Mar 33 Apr 25 May 27 This gives a total of 152 tons at $120 per ton. The total value of potato imports was $18,240. Divide by 5 to give $3,648 average value per month.
What was the average tonnage of rice imported per month over the whole period?
Answer: D
Explanation: The average tonnage of rice was 141/5 = 28.2 tons per month
What was the total value of wheat imports, in dollars, over the 5 month period?
Answer: A
Explanation: Monthly tonnage of wheat imported was as follows: Jan 40 Feb 37 Mar 36 Apr 29 May 34 This gives a total of 176 tons at $156 per ton. Therefore the total value of wheat imports was $27,456
How many tons of rice were imported over the 5 month period?
Explanation: Monthly tonnage of rice imported was as follows: Jan 26 Feb 27 Mar 27 Apr 30 May 31 This gives a total of 141 tons.
The table above shows the number of calls completed by call centre agents in a month on behalf of two clients. Maltman are charged $1.20 per inbound call and $1.40 per outbound call. Healey are charged 20% more. Out bound calls take an average of 12 minutes. Inbound calls take an average of 8 minutes. Use this information to answer the following questions.
Approximately what fraction of the total time spent on the telephone by all of the agents was spent taking inbound calls for client Maltman?
Answer: C
Explanation: The total time spent by all of the agents was as follows: Inbound Calls 867+278 = 1145 * 8 minutes = 9160 minutes Outbound Calls 2066+1374 = 3440 * 12 minutes = 41280 minutes The time spent on inbound calls for Maltman was 867 * 8 = 6936 minutes. This equates to 6936/(9160+41280) = 0.13 which is approximately 1/8.
