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Appendix A - Answers
- Communications
- Application of number

Appendix B
- The Symtel Files

Appendix C
- Skill areas comms

Appendix D
- Skill areas aon

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Interpreting information – Read negative numbers

Check your skills - set A
Question 1:	Colourtron made the following profits and losses over 5 years. What was the overall profit or loss over the 5 years?
Content:	Graphic: A table on letter headed paper for a company called Colourtron Ltd.
Answer:	C. Loss of £2,000.
Question 2:	Is this statement true or false? When the cheque for materials is drawn from the account, the new balance will be £7,500 in credit.
Content:	Graphic: Table to look like a balance sheet
Answer:	False
Question 3:	This company was overdrawn by £4,000 on the 1^st May. When the cheque for equipment is drawn from the account, what will the new balance be?
Content:	Graphic: Table to look like a balance sheet.
Answer:	-£6,500
Question 4:	This company was overdrawn by £2,500 on the 1^st August. When the cheque for materials and the cheques from sales have gone through the account, what will the new balance be?
Content:	Graphic: Table to look like a balance sheet.
Answer:	+£1,000
Check your skills - set B
Question 1:	Lexitron made the following profits and losses over 5 years. What was the overall profit or loss over the 5 years?
Content:	Graphic: A table on letter headed paper for a company called Lexitron Ltd.
Answer:	B. Profit of £6,000.
Question 2:	Is this statement true or false? When the cheque for materials is drawn from the account, the new balance will be £9,500 in credit.
Content:	Graphic: Table to look like a balance sheet.
Answer:	False
Question 3:	This company was overdrawn by £6,000 on the 1^st Oct. When the cheque for equipment is drawn from the account, what will the new balance be?
Content:	Graphic: Table to look like a balance sheet.
Answer:	-£8,500
Question 4:	This company was overdrawn by £3,500 on the 1^st December. When the cheque for materials and the cheques from sales have gone through the account, what will the new balance be?
Content:	Graphic: Table to look like a balance sheet.
Answer:	+£2,000
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Screen 6:	This chart shows how much the temperature rose or fell during the morning in a ski resort. The actual temperature readings are missing from the chart.
Content:	Graphic: Temperature chart at a ski resort.
Answer:	-3^oC +1^oC -4^oC -8^oC
Screen 9:	Colourtron made the following profits and losses over 5 years. What was the overall profit or loss?
Content:	Graphic: Table on letter headed paper for a company called Colourtron Ltd.
Answer:	14,000 or 14 000 or 14000 or 14,000.00 or 14 000.00 or 14000.00 Developer: The answer must be typed in the box preceded by ‘Profit of £’. If the box commencing ‘Loss of £’ contains any entry other than 0 or 0.00 or zero or none it receives a cross.
Screen 12:	This company was overdrawn by £5,000 on the 1^st May. When the cheque for equipment is drawn from the account, what will the new balance be?
Content:	Graphic: Table on letter headed paper for a company called Colourtron Ltd.
Answer:	6,500 (This must be in the box preceded by -£)