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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2019
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY: PAPER II
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QUESTION 1
Quickety Wash laundromat is offering a special deal on the washing and ironing of
laundry. According to this deal, they charge a R10 service fee and then R21 per kilogram
(or part thereof) of laundry handed in for washing and ironing.
1.1 Determine the equation that represents the special deal offered by Quickety Wash.
Let 'C' represent the cost and 'k' the number of kilograms of laundry handed in by a
customer.
(3)
1.2 Using the equation you determined in Question 1.1, draw a graph that best
represents the special deal offered by Quickety Wash for up to a maximum of 10 kg
of laundry.
(10)
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1.3 Use your graph to determine the cost of washing and ironing 5,5 kilograms of
laundry. Write the value in rand on the line below and indicate with the letter 'A' on
your graph where you read this value from.
Value:
(2)
1.4 Leah wants to investigate whether it is cheaper to wash her laundry at home or to
take it to the Quickety Wash laundromat. She has on average 6 kg of laundry per
week.
Most high-efficiency washing machines use only 15 to 30 gallons (56,8 ℓ to 113,6 ℓ) of
water per load.
[Source: <www.home-water-works.org>]
1.4.1 Leah checks on her washing machine and it says that her machine uses
45 gallons of water per load. Using the conversion table below, determine
how many litres that is. Round your answer to the nearest litre.
1 ml = 0,000264172 gallons
(3)
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1.4.2 The table below indicates the tariffs for water where Leah lives. In the table
the % increase for 0–6 kilolitres is indicated as 15,9%. By using calculations,
show whether this value is incorrect or correct.
RESIDENTIAL WATER TARIFFS – METERED AREAS
Kilolitres per
2017/2018 Tariff 2018/2019
connection per % Increase
(R/kl) Tariff (R/kl)
month
0 < kl ≤ 6 R 7,14 15,9% R 8,28
6 < kl ≤ 10 R 7,58 15,9% R 8,79
10 < kl ≤ 15 R13,17 13,9% R15,00
15 < kl ≤ 20 R19,63 11,2% R21,83
20 < kl ≤ 30 R26,96 11,2% R29,98
30 < kl ≤ 40 R29,22 13,7% R33,22
40 < kl ≤ 50 R37,11 14,3% R42,42
50 < kl R38,72 16,7% R45,19
(5)
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1.4.3 Use the 2018/2019 tariff in the table to show that Leah would be paying less
than R5 per week for water if she did her laundry at home. Her washing
machine has the capacity to wash 2 kg of laundry per load.
(4)
1.4.4 Once Leah calculated the cost of the water, she realised she needed to add
R129 for washing powder and electricity. Determine the total cost per week
for Leah to do her laundry at home.
(2)
1.4.5 If the decision is based on the cost, state whether it is cheaper for Leah to
do her laundry at home or to take it to the laundromat. Give a reason for
your answer.
(2)
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1.5 Leah wants to put up a washing line in her garden. The line consists of two poles that
make a T-structure on both sides, with rope strung between the two Ts.
The picture below shows what the line must look like:
Leah will use the same poles for both parts of the T-structure and would like the
upright poles to protrude 1,8 m above the ground. She needs the upright poles to
be 30 cm longer than that to cement the poles into the ground. The crossbars at
the top must be 1,2 m in length.
1.5.1 Calculate the total length of metal pole (in metres) that Leah will need for her
washing line.
(6)
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1.5.2 The metal poles that Leah would like to use are only sold in lengths of 4 m.
Determine how much leftover metal pole Leah will have.
(2)
1.6 Leah would like to thread the washing line as shown in the picture below:
1.6.1 Leah must calculate how far apart the equally spaced holes need to be
drilled on the crossbar. She needs to make eight holes and the first and last
hole must be 2,5 cm from the edge of the crossbar.
Determine, using calculations, how far apart the holes need to be. Give your
answer in cm and round your answer to one decimal place.
(6)
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1.6.2 To thread the washing line as shown in the picture on the previous page,
Leah will need one continuous piece of rope. Determine, with calculations,
the length of the rope she will need. Round your answer up to the nearest
metre to accommodate the knot she will tie at either end.
(7)
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QUESTION 2
The Miss South Africa is a national beauty pageant for South
African women that takes place annually. The winner is then
able to compete internationally in the Miss World and Miss
Universe competitions. The 2018 competition was the 60th
Miss South Africa pageant.
There were 28 contestants. The list below shows the top
12 finalists and their final positions in the pageant.
Name Age Province Final position in the competition
Akile Khoza 23 Mpumalanga (MP) Top 12
Anzelle van Staden 24 Gauteng (GP) Top 12
Bryoni Govender 21 Gauteng (GP) Top 12
Daniëlle de Jager 20 Gauteng (GP) Top 12
Karishma Ramdev 23 KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Top 5
Margo Fargo 25 Free State (FS) Top 12
Noxolo Ndebele 24 KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Top 5
Tamarin Bensch 25 Gauteng (GP) Top 12
Tamaryn Green 23 Western Cape (WC) Winner (1st)
Tharina Botes 21 Gauteng (GP) Top 12
Thulisa Keyi 26 Eastern Cape (EC) First runner-up (2nd)
Thokozile Mbatha 26 Northern Cape (NC) Top 5
2.1 Use the information in the table above to answer the following questions:
2.1.1 Calculate the range of the ages of the contestants in the top 12.
(2)
2.1.2 Calculate the mean age of the top 12 contestants.
(3)
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2.1.3 Determine the modal age of the top 12 contestants.
(2)
2.1.4 Determine the median age of the top 12 contestants.
(2)
2.1.5 Using the information in the table, explain why you cannot say who was
ranked in 3rd position in the competition.
(2)
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2.1.6 Draw a suitable graph to represent the number of contestants by province.
(8)
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2.2 Each of the finalists received a cash prize and sponsored
prizes.
• The top 12 each received a cash prize of R25 000 and
sponsored prizes worth R180 000.
• The first runner-up received a cash prize of R 250 000 and
sponsored prizes worth R348 760.
• Miss South Africa 2018 received a total prize package of
R3 million. This included R1 million in cash and a Nissan
Qashqai car worth R445 500.
2.2.1 Determine the ratio, in its simplest form, of the cash prize money received
for top 12 : first runner-up : winner.
(3)
2.2.2 Calculate how much the sponsored prizes (excluding the cash and the car)
amounted to for the winner.
(4)
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2.2.3 Show that the percentage increase of cash prize money from a top 12
contestant to that of a winner is 3 900%.
You may use the following formula:
difference
Percentage=
increase × 100%
original
(3)
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2.3 Miss South Africa 2018, Tamaryn Green, competed for the Miss Universe title and
did South Africa proud by claiming the runner-up title. The contest was held in
Bangkok, Thailand.
The table below shows the flight options she had when travelling to Thailand.
2.3.1 Ethiopian Airlines departs from Johannesburg (JNB) and has a stop-over in
Addis Ababa (ADD) before flying to Bangkok (BKK). The flight time from JNB
1
to ADD was 5 hours 15 minutes and from ADD to BKK was 9 hours.
3
If Miss SA decided to travel using Ethiopian Airlines, show how the total
travelling time given as 18 hours and 5 minutes was calculated.
(5)
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2.3.2 South Africa is in the GMT+2 time zone and Thailand is ahead of South
Africa in the GMT time zone. Use the information above and your
calculations to determine the time zone Thailand falls into. (GMT: Greenwich
Mean Time)
(6)
2.3.3 Miss South Africa needed to register at the Royal Paragon Hall in Bangkok,
27,9 km away from the airport, by 14:00. She took half an hour to get her
bags and catch a taxi. The taxi she caught travelled at an average speed of
50 km/h. By means of calculations, show that she got there on time if she
flew with Ethiopian airlines.
(5)
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QUESTION 3
3.1 Netflix is a popular streaming service that allows subscribers to
watch TV shows, movies and documentaries.
Use the infographic below to answer the questions that follow:
[Source: <www.buzzfeed.com>]
3.1.1 Netflix had 117,58 million subscribers in 2017. If we assume that each
subscriber watched for the same amount of time per day, calculate how
much time each subscriber watched per day. Write your answer in the
format hours : minutes : seconds, rounded off to the nearest 10 seconds.
(4)
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3.1.2 The infographic states "140 million hours watched per day = 1 billion hours
per week". Use a calculation to prove if this statement is true.
(4)
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3.2 The two graphs below reflect Netflix's revenue, per quarter, for 2015 and 2016, in
billions of U.S. dollars.
The two graphs represent the same information.
Graph A:
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2015 2016
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Graph B:
2
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
2015 2016
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
[Adapted from: <www.dsim.in>]
3.2.1 State two elements that are either missing or wrong on the graphs.
(2)
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3.2.2 Name the one element on Graph B that has been changed, which causes it
to look so different to Graph A despite showing the same information.
(2)
3.2.3 A Netflix employee wants to show his bosses how well the company is doing
while the boss of Netflix wants to make his employees work harder. State
which graph each of the two people would use and explain your choice.
(4)
3.2.4 The revenue for the second quarter (Q2) of 2015 was $1,481 billion. This
increased by 42,47% in the next year. Calculate what the revenue was for
the second quarter of 2016.
(4)
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QUESTION 4
4.1 Televisions (TVs) are often imported from Japan. Before fitting them into a box to
transport them, the manufacturers wrap the TVs in protective packaging, making
the TV's irregular shape a rectangular prism.
A 42-inch screen TV has the dimensions of 55 cm by 93 cm.
In the space below, draw a rectangle to represent the TV using a scale of 1 : 12.
Round your scale measurements off to one decimal place. Include the scale (ruler)
measurements on your diagram.
(5)
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4.2 The TVs are boxed and packed into
shipping containers before they are
exported. The boxes the TVs are
packaged into have the dimensions
97 cm × 10 cm × 59 cm. The
shipping containers have the
dimensions 6 m × 2,4 m × 2,6 m.
Height
An employee calculates how many
TVs will fit in one container.
His calculations are shown below:
Volume of container =6 × 2,4 × 2,6
= 37,44 m3
Volume of each TV box = 0,97 × 0,59 × 0,1
= 0,05723 m3
Number of TVs in container = Volume of container ÷ Volume of box
= 37,44 ÷ 0,05723
= 654,2
≈ 654 TVs
Neo, a Mathematical Literacy learner, recognises that the employee has made a
common mistake in calculating the number of boxes that can fit.
4.2.1 Explain, in words, what the mistake is.
(2)
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4.2.2 Neo stated that 576 TVs can fit into this container if the boxes are packed in
the following way as illustrated in the diagram below. By means of
calculations, show whether he is correct or not.
Note: The diagram is not drawn to scale and shows only a few of the boxes
so that you may see how they are packed.
(7)
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4.3 4.3.1 For quality control purposes, containers A, B and C are randomly checked for
defective TVs. If one in every 60 TVs is defective and the probability of
finding a defective TV in any of the containers is equally likely, determine the
probability of picking a defective TV in Container A.
(3)
4.3.2 All TVs in Container B have been checked and no defective TVs were found.
If container A is now checked, will the probability of finding a defective TV in
Container C increase, decrease or remain the same? Justify your answer
with a calculation.
(3)
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4.4 Apart from paying for the TVs to be transported to South Africa, the supplier also has to
pay import taxes as declared by SARS (South African Revenue Service). This is calculated
by determining 18,74% of the cost price. 576 TVs are shipped in one container and each
TV costs ¥28 930 (Japanese Yen, JPY).
[Source: <www.customsdutyfree.com>]
4.4.1 Calculate how much the import tax will be in South African rand (ZAR) for
one container, if the following is true:
1 ZAR = 7,82 JPY
(6)
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4.4.2 Calculate what each TV would cost in ZAR if you had to include the import
tax per TV.
(4)
4.4.3 Determine the VAT (15%) inclusive price on the amount you calculated in
Question 4.4.2.
(3)
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REMEMBER TO CLEARLY INDICATE AT THE QUESTION THAT YOU USED THE
ADDITIONAL SPACE TO ENSURE THAT ALL ANSWERS ARE MARKED.
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