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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2018
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY: PAPER II
EXAMINATION NUMBER
Time: 3 hours 150 marks
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QUESTION 1
1.1 The Kaizer Chiefs football team calls the Moses Mabhida Stadium in
Durban their "home base". This means that they do all their practices and
home games at this stadium.
This beautiful stadium is crowned by an arch that is 106 metres above the
ground at its highest point. Tourists can walk or use the "sky car" to get to
the top of the arch.
[Source: <https://www.mmstadium.com>]
1.1.1 Wikipedia states that the construction costs for this stadium were
3,4 billion South African rand (ZAR) in 2006, which was
approximately 450 million American dollars (USD). Determine what
the exchange rate was in 2006 and write your answer in the format
1 ZAR = … USD.
(4)
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1.1.2 An American family of 5 decides to go up in the sky car. The family
consists of 2 parents, 2 children, ages 11 and 14, and one grandparent,
age 73.
The tariffs for the sky car are as follows:
Adults: R60 per person
Pensioners (adults 60 years and over): R55 per person
Children under 12: R30 per person
Children under 6: Free entry
Learners on school tour: R30 per person
Calculate what it would cost this family to all go up in the sky car.
(4)
1.1.3 The current exchange rate is 1 ZAR = 0,08 USD. Determine what the
family would be paying for the tickets in USD.
(3)
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1.1.4 Use the exchange rate you calculated in Question 1.1.1 to determine
the percentage change in the exchange rate between 2006 and
2018.
(4)
1.2 The capacity of the stadium when it is full is 85 000 people and an average
ticket to a Kaizer Chiefs game costs R90. If they only managed to sell three
quarters of the tickets, calculate the amount of money the stadium loses out
on.
(4)
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1.3 Kaizer Chiefs has a match on Saturday. The weather forecaster predicts
that there is a 30% chance of rain on Friday. If it rains on Friday the chance
that it will rain on Saturday is 60%. If it does not rain on Friday the chance
that it will rain on Saturday is 20%.
1.3.1 Complete the tree diagram below by using the information above.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place where necessary:
Friday Saturday
0,6 Rain
Rain
0,3 (b) _____ No rain
(c) _____ (e) _____________
(a) _____
No rain
(d) _____ (f) _____________ (6)
1.3.2 Determine what the probability will be, as a percentage, that it will
not rain on Friday or Saturday.
(4)
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1.4 The stadium would like to organise a mini-football
tournament for Grade 4 learners from local schools.
The stadium's field is 320 m × 280 m.
The organisers would like to split this field into mini-
fields, with each mini-field measuring 30 m × 15 m.
If each mini-field must have its own 5 metre border on all four sides,
determine the maximum number of mini-fields they could have.
(6)
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QUESTION 2
In the fishing industry, and especially for recreational fishing (fishing for fun), there
are some species of fish that have limitations on the size and the number of fish
that one may catch per day.
The limit in terms of the number of fish that one person may catch daily is called
the bag limit.
Below is a table of some of the species of fish with their minimum sizes and bag
limits. Use this information to answer the questions that follow:
Species of fish Min. Bag
Common name size limits
Anchovies None None
Bronze bream (bluefish) 30 cm 2
Cape knifejaw None 5
Galjoen 35 cm 2
Hottentot 22 cm 10
Pinky (piggy) 7,5 cm 10
Scotsman 40 cm 1
[Source: <http://www.daff.gov.za/>]
2.1 If a fisherman does not know the bag limits, which fish would be the safest
for him to catch and why?
(2)
2.2 The KwaZulu-Natal Parks Board is responsible for ensuring that these
limitations on the specific species are adhered to. The Parks Board does
this by issuing fines to fishermen who do not abide by these rules. The fine
is R500 for the first fish caught that exceeds the bag limit and a further
R250 for every fish thereafter.
2.2.1 Write down an equation that will represent the relationship between
the number of fish caught over the limit and the cost of the fine. Let C
be the total cost of the fine and n the number of fish caught over the
bag limit.
(5)
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2.2.2 On the graph paper below draw the graph that represents the cost of fines
for the galjoen fish if a maximum of 10 fish are caught.
(8)
2.2.3 Use your graph to determine the amount a fisherman would be fined
if he caught 7 galjoen. (2)
2.2.4 The fisherman needs to get money to pay his fines. If he sells the 7
fish he caught for R240 each, will he have enough money to pay his
fines? Justify your answer with calculations.
(3)
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2.3 In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers found that while the
quantity of fish caught annually reached its peak in 1996, that peak was much
higher than originally thought. Instead of pulling out 86 million tons of fish that
year, we actually took 130 million tons of fish out of the oceans. Since then,
those numbers have gone down.
Officially, the quantity of fish caught globally has declined by 1.2 million tons
each year since the 1996 peak, but the paper's authors found that actually, we've
only been reducing that massive number by 0.38 million tons per year.
[Source: <www.popsci.com>]
2.3.1 Use the figures given to complete the table and then plot a
compound bar graph showing the difference between the official
quantity of fish caught and the actual quantity of fish caught.
QUANTITY OF FISH CAUGHT ANNUALLY (TONNES)
YEAR OFFICIAL ACTUAL
1996 86 000 000 130 000 000
1997
1998
1999
2000
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OFFICIAL VERSUS ACTUAL NUMBER OF
FISH CAUGHT
140
130
120
110
100
FISH CAUGHT (MILLIONS OF TONS)
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
YEAR
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2.3.2 The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported the
following number of fish caught.
Number of fish caught
Year
in millions of tons
2000 95
2001 91
2002 91
2003 87
2004 93
2005 93
2006 90
2007 90
2008 90
2009 89
2010 90
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Use the information in the table to calculate the following:
(a) The range of fish caught
(2)
(b) The median amount of fish caught
(2)
(c) The modal amount of fish caught
(2)
(d) The mean amount of fish caught
(3)
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2.4 A fisherman from Durban decides he wants to go to Richard's Bay to try the
fishing there.
2.4.1 Convert the bar scale on the map to a ratio scale in unit form, i.e. 1 : ….
(4)
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2.4.2 Next, determine the approximate distance between Durban and
Richard's Bay, which lies NE of Durban.
(3)
2.4.3 Refer to the distance table below when answering the following
questions:
Durban
236 Ladysmith
170 336 Richard's Bay
356 422 195 Sodwana Bay
134 366 303 492 Margate
(a) Calculate the difference between the distance calculated in
Question 2.4.2 and the distance given in the table.
(3)
(b) Which do you think is the most accurate, the distance
calculated using the bar scale or the distance given in the
table? Give a reason for your answer.
(2)
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(c) The fisherman travelling from Durban to Richard's Bay only
has a quarter of a tank of petrol. The fuel consumption of his
car is 12 km/litre and his car has a 50 litre tank. Use the
distance table to determine if he has enough petrol to make it
to Richard's Bay.
(4)
(d) If he is travelling at an average speed of 80 km/h, determine
how long it will take him to get to Richard's Bay. Write your
answer in hours and minutes.
(5)
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QUESTION 3
Levi has decided to build a wooden deck in his garden. The
wooden deck will have a step to make it easier to get onto
the deck. There is a tree in one of the corners of the deck
which Levi wants to keep so he will have to cut a circular
hole out of the deck to accommodate it.
Strips of wood that
The deck has the shape below: the deck is made of
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3.1 Show that the surface area of the wooden deck (the lightly shaded area) is
approximately 20 m2.
You may use the following formulae:
= length × breadth
Arearectangle
1
=
Area triangle base × perpendicular height
2
Areacircle π × rad
= ius2 use π 3,14
=
(7)
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3.2 The circular hole Levi wants to cut out of the deck has a diameter of
300 mm. The circumference of the tree is 0,99 m. Determine with the use of
calculations whether the hole will be big enough to accommodate the tree.
You may use the following formula:
Circumference = π × diameter
OR
Circumference = 2 × π × radius
use π = 3,14
(4)
3.3 The wood for the deck that Levi wants to use is sold in strips of
15 cm × 1,2 m. Levi wants to play it safe and buy enough wood for 21 m2.
Determine the minimum number of strips he will have to buy.
(5)
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3.4 The strips come in packs of 8 and are sold for R159,90 per pack. Calculate
how much it will cost Levi for the wooden strips. Round your answer off to
the nearest R5,00.
(5)
3.5 Levi decides to put a corner edge around the
outside perimeter of the deck to finish the deck
off and make it look neater.
If he buys 21 m, determine with calculations
whether that will be enough.
(4)
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3.6 Levi wants to build the step out of bricks. The dimensions of the bricks he
will use are given below.
The step should have the following approximate dimensions:
length = 1 m, width = 50 cm, height = 15 cm.
The diagram below represents the layout of the bricks for the step, as seen
from above.
Determine the minimum number of bricks Levi will have to buy to build the
step.
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QUESTION 4
The South African Mint produces, besides
the country's currency, collectible gold coins,
called Krugerrands. There are four coins of
different sizes, according to weight, in the
Classic Gold Proof Collection. Below are the
coins with their weight, diameter and cost.
32 mm 27 mm 22 mm 16,5 mm
R31 600 R14 500 R7 900 R3 800
[Source: <www.samint.co.za>]
4.1 Determine the weight of the one-tenth of an ounce (oz) Krugerrand in
grams, given the following:
1 oz = 0,0625 lbs
1 g = 0,0022 lbs
(4)
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4.2 Determine if the ratio of the weight to cost is the same for the one-tenth of
an ounce (oz) coin and the 1 ounce Krugerrand.
(4)
4.3 Refilwe wants to buy a ¼ oz Krugerrand but does not have enough money
now. She decides to deposit the money she has into a savings account with
interest that is compounded annually, and leave it there for the next three
years.
4.3.1 Refilwe calculates that this bank account will earn her R375 interest
in the first year if she deposits R5 000. Determine the interest rate
this bank is offering her. Give your answer as a percentage.
(3)
4.3.2 Refilwe finds another bank that offers her a better interest rate of
11,5%. Complete the table below:
(a) Amount at
Interest Amount at end
Year beginning of
gained of year
year
Year 1 R5 000 R575 R5 575
Year 2 R5 575 (i) R (ii) R
Year 3 (iii) R (iv) R (v) R (5)
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(b) Will Refilwe have saved enough money to buy her coin?
Justify your answer.
(2)
4.4 The cost of the 1 oz Krugerrand is R31 600 including VAT. If VAT is
charged at 15%, determine what the cost of the coin is excluding VAT.
Round your answer to the nearest cent.
(3)
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