
The food labels given below give information about types of soup: cream of tomato and sweet corn. Use these labels to answer the given questions. (All the servings are based on a calorie diet.)
Sweet Corn
Nutrition Facts Serving Size cup About serving per Container
Cream of Tomato
Nutrition Facts Serving Size cup About serving per Container
Amount Per Serving
Calories Calories from Fat
Amount Per Serving
Calories Calories from Fat
Daily value*
Daily Value
Total Fat
Total Fat
Saturated Fat-
Saturated Fat-
Cholesterol
Cholesterol
Sodium
Sodium
Total Carbohydrate
Total Carbohydrate
Dietary Fibre gram
Dietary Fibre gram
Sugar
Sugar
Protein
Protein
Vitamin Vitamin
Vitamin Vitamin
Calcium Iron
Calcium Iron
*Per cent Daily Values are
based on a calorie diet.
*Per cent Daily Values are
based on a calorie diet.
Calculate ratio (in lowest form) of calories from fat in sweet corn soup to the calories from fat in cream of tomato soup.
Sweet Corn
Nutrition Facts Serving Size cup About serving per Container
Cream of Tomato
Nutrition Facts Serving Size cup About serving per Container
Amount Per Serving
Calories Calories from Fat
Amount Per Serving
Calories Calories from Fat
based on a calorie diet.
based on a calorie diet.


Important Questions on Comparing Quantities
Music CD originally priced at Rs. is on sale for off. If the S.P. is then find .
Sonia and Rahul have different ways of calculating the sale price for the items they bought.


At a toy shop price of all the toys is reduced to of the original price.
If the sale price of a toy that originally costs is , find .

At a toy shop price of all the toys is reduced to of the original price.
How much money would you save on a toy costing ? If the answer is , then write the value of .

A store is having a discount sale. Sheela has a gift voucher and wants to use it to buy a board game marked for . She is not sure how to calculate the concession she will get. The sales clerk has suggested two ways to calculate the amount payable.
Method 1: Subtract from the price and take off the resulting price.
Method 2: Take off the original price and then subtract .
Do you think both the methods will give the same result? If not, predict which method will be beneficial for her.

A store is having a discount sale. Sheela has a gift voucher and wants to use it to buy a board game marked for . She is not sure how to calculate the concession she will get. The sales clerk has suggested two ways to calculate the amount payable.
Method 1: Subtract from the price and take off the resulting price.
Method 2: Take off the original price and then subtract .
For each method, calculate the amount Sheela would have to pay. Show your work.

A store is having a discount sale. Sheela has a gift voucher and wants to use it to buy a board game marked for . She is not sure how to calculate the concession she will get. The sales clerk has suggested two ways to calculate the amount payable.
Method 1: Subtract from the price and take off the resulting price.
Method 2: Take off the original price and then subtract .
Which method do you think stores actually use? Why?

