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Mathematical Literacy Level 3 Module 2
Level 3 Mathematical Literacy study guide, 53 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download.
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Use an appropriate calculator
to perform calculations and
solve problems in a
workplace context
Module 2
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Overview
2.1 Recognise and practise the use of functions
and characters on an appropriate calculator
2.2 Adding and subtracting integers on a calculator
2.3 Use a calculator to perform calculations on
fractions
2.4 Use a calculator to perform calculations on
decimals
2.5 Use a calculator to perform calculations on
percentages
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Recognise and practise the use of
functions and characters on an
appropriate calculator
Unit 2.1
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Recognise and practise the use of
functions and characters on an
appropriate calculator
Unit 2.1
Get to know how your calculator works.
Identify and find:
• the numbers (usually in the middle, with zero at the bottom).
• basic maths symbols (usually on the right).
• the percentage key
• the square root key
• the equals key
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Recognise and practise the use of
functions and characters on an
appropriate calculator
Unit 2.1
Get to know how your calculator works.
• To add, subtract, multiply or divide, press a number key, an operation
key and another number key.
• Press equals for the answer.
• Basic calculators do the operations in the same order that you press
the keys.
• Scientific calculators follow the BODMAS order of operations.
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Squares, square roots, cubes, cube
roots
Unit 2.1
3 2 Exponent
Base
Power
Squares
• The number that is being raised to the power is called the base.
• The number that the base is raised to is called the exponent.
• 3 squared is written 32 and means 3 × 3.
• On a calculator, press the number key, followed by key.
• For example, 16 gives an answer of 256 (without pressing the equals
key)
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Squares, square roots, cubes, cube
roots
Unit 2.1
3 2
Square roots
• The number that is squared is the square root.
• So the square root of (4)2 is 4.
• On a calculator, enter the number and then
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Raising numbers to higher powers
Unit 2.1
3 cubed is written 33 and means 3 × 3 × 3.
On a calculator,
• you can multiply the number by itself twice
or
• square the number and multiply the answer by the number again
or
• multiply the number by itself and press the equals key:
Press 5 × 5 =. Your answer is 25. You have worked out 52.
Press = again. The screen shows 125. You have worked out 53.
Press = again. The screen shows 625. You have worked out 54.
Press = again. The screen shows 3 125. You have worked
out 55.
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The memory keys
Module 2.1
Memory keys allow you to keep a number in the memory and then recall
it.
• Use to add a number to the memory.
• Use to subtract a number from a number already in the memory.
• Press once to show the number stored,
• Press MRC twice to clear the number from the memory.
• The letter M appears at the top of the display to show that the display
number has been stored in the memory.
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Example 2.2 page 25
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Clear and clear all keys
Module 2.1
Some basic calculators have a and a key.
• The key (or key) clears everything on the display.
• The key stands for 'clear entry' and it clears the last thing that
was entered.
Decimal points and separators
• Type in a decimal number e.g. 10 000,99. The calculator display often
shows a decimal point, not a decimal comma.
• Some calculators show markings (separators)
between groups of three digits to make the
display number easier to read.
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Exercise 2.1
Unit 2.1
Complete Exercise 2.1 on page 19 of your Student’s Book
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Adding and subtracting integers
on a
Module 2.2
calculator
Examples of negative numbers:
Temperatures below Changes in position up Financial
freezing point and down calculations
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Adding and subtracting integers on a
calculator
Module 2.2
Adding a negative is the same as subtracting.
28 + (-16) = 28 - 16 = 12
Subtracting a negative is the same as adding.
54 - (-20) = 54 + 20 = 74
• Changing the sign of numbers:
• Some calculators have a key.
• On others, you need to use the key before or after the number.
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Example 2.3 page 21
Unit 2.2
1. Caleb enters the lift of a tall building at the ground floor
(level 0). He goes up 5 floors, down 6 floors, down another
3 floors and up 17 floors.
He then leaves the lift. Which floor is he on?
2. A warehouse has stock of 267 chairs and receives an order
for 500 chairs.
How many chairs are left in stock?
1. Use the calculation 0 + 5 - 6 - 3 + 17 = 13.
He is on the 13th floor.
2. 267 - 500 = -223 chairs.
The warehouse needs to find 223 chairs from somewhere
else.
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Exercise 2.2
Unit 2.2
Complete Exercise 2.2 on page 22 of your Student’s Book
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
Types of fractions
• A fraction represents part of a whole that has been divided into equal
pieces.
7
• If you cut a board into 10 equal pieces and use 7, then you use 10
seven tenths of the board.
• The denominator of 10 shows the whole board is divided into 10 equal
parts
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change a mixed number to an improper fraction:
2 15
3 3= 3 × 5 = 15 =
15
5
5 5
1 Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction.
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change a mixed number to an improper fraction:
2 15 2
3 +
5 5 5
2 Add this answer to the original numerator.
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change a mixed number to an improper fraction:
2 17
3
5 5
3 Write the new numerator over the fraction line and the
original denominator.
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change a mixed number to an improper fraction:
Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the
1 fraction.
2 Add this answer to the original numerator.
Write the new numerator over the fraction line and the
3 original denominator.
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change an improper fraction to a mixed number:
14
14 ÷ 3 = 4
3 with a remainder of 2
1 Divide the numerator by the denominator.
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change an improper fraction to a mixed number:
14 2
4
3 3
So there are 4 whole numbers with 2 thirds left over.
Write the whole number and the remainder, if any, as a
2 left over fraction.
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on fractions
To change an improper fraction to a mixed number:
1 Divide the numerator by the denominator.
Use the whole number answer as the whole and the
2 remainder, if any, is the left over fraction.
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Equivalent fractions
Unit 2.3
Equivalent fractions
Equivalent fractions are fractions with the same value, but different
numbers in the numerator and denominator.
To make an equivalent fraction, multiply the
”
numerator and denominator by the same number.
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Equivalent fractions
Unit 2.3
Equivalent fractions
Equivalent fractions are fractions with the same value, but different
numbers in the numerator and denominator.
”
Multiplying by is the same as multiplying by 1, so
the value of the fraction has not changed.
So and are equivalent fractions.
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Example 2.18 page 42
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Adding and subtracting fractions
Unit 2.3
Method 1
1. To add and subtract fractions, you must find a common
denominator first.
1 2 1
2. + + lowest common denominator (LCD) is 6
2 3 6
3 4 1
= + +
6 6 6
8 4
= =
6 3
1
=1
3
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Adding and subtracting fractions
Unit 2.3
Method 2 (with a calculator)
1. Treat each fraction like a separate division calculation.
(1 ÷ 2) = , (2 ÷ 3) = (1 ÷ 6) = , .
2. Put the answers of the calculations into the calculator's
memory.
3. Add to or subtract from the memory and press MRC to find the
answer. You should get 1,333...
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Example 2.6 page 25
Unit 2.3
Calculate 1 2 3
+ −
2 5 7
1. Divide first fraction and store
1 2
the answer in the memory.
2. Divide second fraction and 2 5
add answer to memory.
3. Divide third fraction and
subtract answer from 3 7
memory.
4. Recall answer from memory.
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Example 2.9 page 27
Unit 2.5
1. A restaurant makes a fruit smoothie from
1
2 cup yoghurt
1
4 cup coconut milk,
1
5 cup apple juice
1
4 cup berry juice and
1
4
cup of crushed pineapple.
How many cups will the smoothie fill?
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Example 2.9 page 27
Unit 2.5
1. 1 1 1 1 1
+ + + +
2 4 5 4 4
10 5 4 5 5 Lowest common
= + + + + denominator of 20
20 20 20 20 20
29
= Add numerators
20
9 Change to mixed
=1 cups fraction
20
OR Using a calculator = 1,45 cups
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Multiplying fractions
Unit 2.3
Example 2.7 page 26
2
1. Find of R65
5
Without a calculator: With a calculator:
2 2 13
5
x R65 = 5 x 65 2 5 65
Cancel common factors in
numerator and denominator = R26
= R26
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Dividing fractions
Unit 2.3
Example 2.8 page 27
7 3
Calculate ÷
5 5
Without a calculator: With a calculator:
Invert the second
fraction and multiply 3 5
7 5
= × 9 10
5 3
7 1 1
= =2 = 2,33
= 2
3 3 3
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Converting fractions to decimals
Unit 2.3
27 parts out of 100 parts can be written as a:
0,27 27%
Fraction Decimal Percentage
• One form can be converted to another.
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Converting fractions to decimals
Unit 2.3
Divide the numerator by the denominator.
The whole number in a mixed number will remain
a whole number in the decimal form.
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Converting fractions to
percentages
Unit 2.3
• Percentages are fractions where the denominator is 100.
or 0,7 which is 70%
• One whole is 100%
• A whole number is a multiple of 100% e.g. 3 is 300%
= 4 ÷ 5 = 0,8 = 80%
= 1 ÷ 3 = 0,33333... (round off to 0,333) = 33,3%
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Exercise 2.3
Unit 2.3
Complete Exercise 2.3 on page 29 of your Student’s Book
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.3
on decimals
• Decimals, like fractions, describe parts of a whole number, in units of
tenths, hundredths, thousandths and so on.
• The decimal comma separates the whole number from the fraction.
• A decimal number has digits representing the whole number, the
decimal comma and digits representing the fraction e.g. 67,05
• Decimals are used to:
• show amounts of money e.g. R32,95
• show measurements e.g. 12,302 kg
• in business, to show the value of stocks, averages and interest rates
• to read measuring instruments
• in calculations
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Converting decimals and
fractions
Unit 2.3
• Any fraction can be expressed as a decimal by dividing the numerator by
the denominator.
Divide numerator
by denominator
OR
• Recurring decimals have digits that keep repeating shown by a dot above
the digit.
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Adding and subtracting decimals
Unit 2.4
• Work from left to right, adding or subtracting numbers of the same place
value.
• Keep the decimal comma in the correct place.
• Without a calculator:
• write the numbers underneath each other
• insert zeros if the numbers do not have the same number of decimal
places
Example:
8 , 2 0 1
• Calculate and then check with a calculator.
0 , 9 7 0
8,201 + 0,97 + 1,34 + 1 , 3 4 0
1 0 , 5 1 1
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Multiplying decimals
Unit 2.4
Without a calculator:
• Multiply as with whole numbers, without decimal commas.
• Count the number of decimal places in each number multiplied.
• The answer needs that number of decimal places. Count the places
from the right of the answer.
Example 2.15 page 32 no 2
A plumber charges R225,75 per hour and works for 3,5
hours. What is his fee?
To calculate 225,75 × 3,5:
22 575 × 35 = 790 125
There are three decimal places.
The fee is R790,125 Round off to R790,13
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Multiplying and dividing
decimals
Unit 2.4
When we multiply by a power of 10, we count the number of zeros and
move the decimal comma the same number of places to the right.
Example 2.16 page 33
1. 41,563 × 100 = 4 156,3 2 right
2. 62,7903 × 1 000 = 62 790,3 3 right
3. 1,0045 × 100 = 100,45 2 right
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Multiplying and dividing
decimals
Unit 2.4
When we divide by a power of 10, we count the number of zeros and
move the decimal comma the same number of places to the left.
Example 2.17 page 33
1. 41,56 ÷ 1 000 = 0,04156 3 left
2. 81,2 ÷ 10 = 8,12 1 left
3. 1 004,698 ÷ 100 = 10,04698 2 left
• 64 375,86 ÷ 23,24 Multiply by 100 to get rid of
= 6 437 586 ÷ 2 324 decimal in denominator
= 2 770,045611...
= 2 770,05 rounded to two decimal places.
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Exercise 2.4
Unit 2.4
Complete Exercise 2.4 on page 33 of your Student’s Book
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Use a calculator to perform
calculations
Unit 2.5
on percentages
• 'Percent' means parts per 100.
• If you divide a whole quantity into 100 equal parts, then one part is 1%.
• The whole amount is 100%.
Example
• If your business has R14 250 in cash, then R14 250 is 100% of your cash.
• In decimal numbers, 100% is 1,00 or just 1.
1% = 0,01 15% = 0,15 90% = 0,9
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Percentages
Unit 2.5
• Percentages are fractions with a denominator of 100.
• 19% means 19 parts in every 100.
19
• 19% means or 0,19
100
35
• 35% of 50 can be rewritten as × 50 = R17.50
100
72
• 0,72 can be rewritten as or 72%.
100
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Example 2.18 page 35
Unit 2.5
1. Write 48% as a fraction in its simplest form.
2. Write 37,5% as a decimal fraction.
3. Change 0,415 to a percentage.
9
4. Change to a percentage.
20
5. Calculate 25% of 200.
6. Use your calculator to calculate 31% of R2,86.
7. Calculate 27% of R18.
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Example 2.18 page 35 continued ...
Unit 2.5
48 12
1. 48% = =
100 25
2. 37,5% = 37,5 ÷ 100 = 0,375
3. 0,415 x 100 = 41,5%
9
4. × 100 = 9 × 5 = 45%
20
25
5. 25% of 200 = × 200 = 50
100
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Exercise 2.5
Unit 2.5
Complete Exercise 2.5 on page 36 of your Student’s Book
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Module assessment
Module 2
Complete Module assessment on page 37 of your Student’s Book
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