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Mathematical Literacy/P2 2 DBE/Feb.—Mar. 2018
NSC
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. This question paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL the questions.
2. 2.1 Use the ANNEXURES in the ADDENDUM to answer the following
questions:
« ANNEXURE A for QUESTION 1.2
e ANNEXURE B for QUESTION 2.1
e ANNEXURE C for QUESTION 3.3
e ANNEXURE D for QUESTION 4.3
2.2 Answer QUESTION 4.1.3 on the ANSWER SHEET attached.
2.3 Write your centre number and examination number in the spaces on the
ANSWER SHEET. Hand in the ANSWER SHEET with your ANSWER
BOOK.
3. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this
question paper.
4. Start EACH question on a NEW page.
5. You may use an approved calculator (non-programmable and non-graphical), unless
stated otherwise.
6. Show ALL calculations clearly.
7. Round off ALL final answers appropriately according to the given context, unless
stated otherwise.
8. Indicate units of measurement, where applicable.
9. Maps and diagrams are NOT drawn to scale, unless stated otherwise.
10. Write neatly and legibly.
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QUESTION 1
3
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DBE/Feb.—Mar. 2018
1.1 The Rand Show is an annual event held in Gauteng. The Abrahams family, consisting of
two adults aged 45 and 48, two children aged 6 and 14 and a grandmother aged 73,
planned to visit the Rand Show.
TABLE 1 below shows the duration and ticket prices of the 2017 Rand Show.
TABLE 1: DURATION AND TICKET PRICES OF THE 2017 RAND SHOW
TICKET PRICING
DURATION VISITORS AGE PRICES INCLUSIVE OF
CATEGORY 14% VAT
Friday 14 April to Adults R150
Sunday 23 April (aged 17 to 64)
Pensioners R50
09:00-19:00 daily (65 years and older)
Teens
(aged 13 to 16) R50
Children
(aged 6 to 12) R20
Children Free
(under 6)
18 April to 20 April Adults and pensioners receive a 50% discount
[Adapted from www.therandshow2017.co.za]
Use the information above to answer the questions that follow.
1.1.1 Calculate the total number of hours the Rand Show will be open to
visitors for the full duration of the show.
1.1.2 Calculate the amount of VAT payable on a teen's ticket.
1.1.3 Determine the probability (in simplified form) of randomly selecting a
Friday visit to the Rand Show.
1.1.4 The family visited the Rand Show on 23 April 2017.
Mrs Abrahams stated that if the family had visited the Rand Show on
20 April instead of 23 April, they would have saved more than 35% on
the total cost of the tickets.
Verify, showing ALL calculations, whether her statement is valid.
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1.2 The South African government offers social support to its citizens by providing social
grants to qualifying citizens.
The bar graph and table on ANNEXURE A shows the number of citizens who receive
social grants and the number of citizens employed per province.
Use the information on ANNEXURE A to answer the questions that follow.
1.2.1 Identify the province with the second highest number of citizens receiving
social grants. (2)
1.2.2 Give ONE reason why governments usually provide grants to some of
their citizens. (2)
1.2.3 State, giving a reason, whether the data in ANNEXURE A could also
easily be represented using a single pie chart. QB)
1.2.4 Calculate the percentage of citizens receiving social grants in Limpopo. (6)
1.2.5 Gauteng and the Western Cape are the only TWO provinces with more
employed citizens than the number of citizens receiving social grants.
Determine, using unit ratios, which ONE of these two provinces have
more employed citizens than citizens receiving social grants. (6)
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QUESTION 2
21 ANNEXURE B shows the credit card statement of Mr Son.
Use the information in ANNEXURE B to answer the questions that follow.
2.1.1 Determine the number of days covered by this credit card statement.
2.4.2 Use the transaction details and show, with calculations, how the closing
balance was determined.
2.1.3 Explain why the bank omitted some digits from the account number on
the statement.
2.1.4 The bank offers an insurance option on the outstanding balance of the
credit card account by charging a rate of R3,50 per R1 000 (or part
thereof) on the outstanding balance.
Calculate how much Mr Son would have paid for insurance on the
outstanding balance of this statement if he had chosen this option.
2.1.5 Interpret the amount for balance brought forward for this statement.
2.1.6 Give ONE possible reason why Mr Son might purchase goods using his
credit card instead of paying cash for the goods.
2.2 Mr Son travelled from his home directly to a bank 34 km away. He travelled at an
average speed of 85 km per hour and arrived at the bank at 12:10.
Verify, showing ALL calculations, whether Mr Son left his home at exactly 11:40.
The following formula may be used:
Distance = average speed x time
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2.3 TABLE 2 below shows the publishing data (some data omitted) in terms of the
revenue and the market value of the book titles published in 15 countries during 2013.
TABLE 2: REVENUE AND MARKET VALUE OF BOOK TITLES
PUBLISHED IN 15 COUNTRIES DURING 2013
COUNTRY REVENUE MARKET VALUE NUMBER
OF BOOK
(m€) (mLC) (m€) (mLC) TITLES
PUBLISHED
USA 24 210 26 750 28 265 37 829 304 912
China 9173 77.080 15 342 128 928 444 000
Germany 5 567 5 567 9 536 9 536 93 600
UK 455] 3 898 3 875 3 240 184 000
Japan 5 409 785 100 77910
Korea 2.949 4212 623 4879 6 969 316 43 146
France 2 687 2 687 4401 4 401 95 483
Spain 2.060 2.060 2 708 2 708 76 434
Brazil 1645 5 359 2 239 7294 on
Ttaly 1645 1 645 1 838 1 838 64 117
Turkey 1183 1583 1.729 2314 47 352
Netherlands 1108 1 108 1497 1497 24177
Norway 311 2 627 743 4 167 6 373
Finland 254 254 338 338 8 870
Belgium 240 240 252 252 4612
[Source: JPA, Annual Report, October 2014]
Brazil published the maximum number of book titles.
NOTE:
. me€ — millions of euros
e mLC — millions of local currency
Use TABLE 2 above to answer the questions that follow.
2.3.1 Give ONE possible reason why there is no recorded revenue data for
Japan.
2.3.2 Calculate the number of book titles published for Brazil if the range of the
number of book titles published is 463 223.
2.3.3 Calculate the median number of book titles published.
2.3.4 Determine the modal market value in euros (€).
2.3.5 Determine the number of countries where the euro (€) is the local
currency.
2.3.6 Calculate, as a percentage, the probability of randomly selecting
a country whose market value of the published book titles is more
than 1 billion euro.
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QUESTION 3
3.1 An organiser of a science fair has to produce rectangular display boards.
The external dimensions of each board are 48 inches by 36 inches. The front surfaces
of the boards must be spray-painted with one layer of non-reflective white paint.
NOTE:
1 mf of the paint covers a surface area of 50 cm?
Linch = 25 mm
Determine, showing ALL calculations, whether 5 litres of the paint would be enough
to spray paint 25 display boards.
The following formula may be used: Area = length x width (10)
3.2 The organiser of the science fair has a choice of two cylindrical containers (as shown
below) for display purposes. A decorative label with a 1 cm overlap will be placed
right around the container completely covering the curved surface only.
CYLINDER A CYLINDER B
Diameter = 30 cm Diameter = 40 cm
Height = 30 cm Height = 20 cm
Verify, showing ALL calculations, whether cylinder B would require less material
to make the decorative labels.
The following formula may be used:
Curved surface area of cylinder = a x diameter x height, where 1 = 3,142 7)
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3.3 ANNEXURE C shows the floor plan of the layout of the exhibition stands allocated
to countries for the International Higher Education Fair.
Use ANNEXURE C to answer the questions that follow.
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
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Give ONE practical reason why the information centre is situated in the
middle.
Determine the maximum number of higher education institutions from the
USA that can exhibit at this fair.
The organisers of the fair identified the most outstanding exhibition stand.
Determine the probability that this outstanding exhibition stand will NOT
be a stand from China.
An electrician was called to attend to a technical issue at one of the
exhibition stands. He followed the route listed below.
He entered through one of the delivery entrances.
He proceeded straight ahead passing the information centre on his
left-hand side.
He turned right between the last two rows of stands.
He then continued straight ahead towards the last stand on his
left-hand side to attend to the technical issue.
Identify the delivery entrance used by the electrician and the stand number
with the technical issue.
Identify which Chinese stand is closest to the information centre.
Calculate, using measurement, the scale of the floor plan of the layout
of the exhibition stands if the actual length of the rectangular
information centre is 24,5 m.
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QUESTION 4
41 Ms Bobby decided to open a business that sells sportsware sets with printed
school logos.
Her start-up cost to purchase the machinery and supplies for the business
was R10 000. She buys the T-shirts at R50,00 each and the shorts at R35,00 each.
It costs a further R10,00 per item to print a school logo on each item.
She sells the T-shirt and shorts as one set of sportsware for R125,00
[Adapted from www.bidorbuy.co.za]
Use the information above to answer the questions that follow.
4.1.1 The formula to calculate her total cost is as follows:
Total cost = R10 000 + R105 x (number of sportsware sets)
(a) Show how the R105 in the formula above was determined. (3)
(b) Calculate her total cost for 500 sets of sportsware. (2)
41.2 TABLE 3 below shows the relationship between the number of sets of
sportsware sold and her total income for the sets.
TABLE 3: NUMBER OF SPORTSWARE SETS SOLD AND THE
TOTAL INCOME (in thousand rand)
NUMBER OF
SPORTSWARE 0 200 | 400 | 500 A |} 800 | 1000
SETS SOLD
TOTAL INCOME
(in thousand rand) 0 25 50 | 62,5 | 87,5 | B 125
Determine the missing values A and B. (6)
4.1.3 Use TABLE 3 and the equation in QUESTION 4.1.1 above to draw
TWO straight-line graphs representing the total cost and total income for
up to 1 000 sets of sportswear.
Draw clearly labelled graphs on the grid provided on the ANSWER
SHEET. (7)
4.1.4 (a) Write down the number of sportsware sets that must be sold to
break even and give the income at the break-even point. (2)
(b) Determine exactly how many sets of sportsware must be sold to
make a profit of R6 000. (3)
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42 The photograph of a set of sportsware (T-shirt and shorts) must be placed together on an
AA page, as shown below. The actual measurements of the A4 page, T-shirt and shorts are
given below.
A4 page
T-shirt shorts
296 mm
set of a
eo | I sportswear | 4
34cm
+23 om >
209 mm —> —S7 em —>
Determine, showing ALL calculations, which ONE of the two scales (1 : 3 or 1 : 4)
should be used so that the set of sportsware fits on the A4 page.
43 Ms Bobby is interested in selling her sets of sportsware over the Internet.
The line graphs in ANNEXURE D show preferred goods purchased over the Internet
and in-store.
Use ANNEXURE D to answer the questions that follow.
4.3.1 Give ONE possible reason why some people prefer to buy goods over the
Internet rather than in-store.
4.3.2 Determine, with calculations, which goods have the same percentage
difference between Internet and in-store purchases.
4.3.3 Determine, with a reason, which ONE of the goods would rather be
purchased in-store than over the Internet.
TOTAL:
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ANSWER SHEET 1
QUESTION 4.1.3
CENTRE NUMBER
EXAMINATION NUMBER
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
Amount in thousand rand
50
40
30
20
10
INCOME AND COST GRAPHS
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Number of sets of sportsware
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