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Grade 11 NOVEMBER Time: 2,5 hours
Paper 1 EXAMINATION Marks: 100
Question 1
1. The table gives the amount of electricity used in South Africa in 2006 by
province. The pie chart represents the information given in the table. Labels A
and B indicate missing values.
Electricity used by each province during 2006
Electricity used by each province in 2006
LP 5,4% WC 10,4%
(in gigawatt hours (GWh))
Western Cape WC 22 380 MP B% EC 3,8%
NC 2,2%
Eastern Cape EC 8 260
FS 4,3%
Northern Cape NC 4 730
Free State FS 9 140
KwaZulu-Natal KZN 43 170
North West NW 24 420 KZN 20,1%
Gauteng GT 59 730 GT 27,8%
Mpumalanga MP 31 390
Limpopo LP 11 520 NW A%
Source: Statistics South Africa, March 2007, Electricity generated and available for distribution
1. Complete the following sentences.
a) One gigawatt hour is equivalent to _____ watt hours. (1)
b) One gigawatt hour is equivalent to _____ kilowatt hours. (1)
2. a) How much electricity was used by Limpopo, rounded off to the nearest
thousand?(1)
b) How much electricity was used by Gauteng, rounded off to the nearest
ten thousand? (1)
3. a) Calculate the total number of gigawatt hours of electricity used in
South Africa in 2006. (2)
b) Using an electricity tariff of 46,34 cents per kWh for the Western Cape,
calculate the monthly cost of electricity for a household in Cape Town
that uses approximately 850 kWh per month. Round off your answer
to the nearest rand. (3)
4. a) Which province used the least electricity in 2006? (1)
b) Which province used the most electricity in 2006? (1)
c) What is the difference in the number of gigawatt hours of electricity
used by KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga? (2)
d) Is the following statement true or false? Show your calculations. (2)
In 2006, the total amount of electricity used by the Free State, the Eastern
Cape, Limpopo and the Northern Cape is less than the electricity used by
KwaZulu-Natal.
5. Use the pie chart to answer the following questions.
a) What percentage of the electricity used in South Africa in 2006 was
used by the Western Cape? (1)
b) Which province used 3,8% of the electricity in 2006? (1)
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c) Use your answer to question 3a to determine the missing percentages
for A and B in the pie chart. (2)
d) Which of the options given below best describes the electricity used
by Gauteng as a fraction of the total electricity used in 2006? (2)
A > 1_3 _1
B < 4 C > 1_4 _1
D < 5
6. In 2016, the population of South Africa was approximately 55,7 million.
The map shows the estimated population of each province.
LP
10,4%
GT MP
NW 24,1% 7,8%
6,7%
FS KZN
5,1% 19,9%
NC
2,1%
EC
12,6%
WC
11,3%
Source: Statistics South Africa, Population 2016, http://www.statssa.gov.za/
Use the information provided in the map to answer the following questions.
a) Approximately how many people live in the Eastern Cape? Round off
your answer to the nearest million. (2)
b) A person living in South Africa is chosen at random. What is the
probability that they live in Gauteng? (2)
c) Which province has the largest area? (1)
d) Which province has the smallest area? (1)
e) Name three provinces that have an area larger than Mpumalanga? (3)
[30]
Question 2
The local child welfare organisation is planning a fund-raising dinner-dance and
intends to sell 200 tickets for R150 each. The organisers must choose between the
Impala Conference Centre and the community hall as a venue. A musical group has
agreed to provide free music.
1. The organisers compare the costs for the two venues.
a) The Impala Conference Centre has no basic fee, but charges R120
per person.
2
Calculate the missing value (A) in Table 1. Show all your calculations. (2)
Table 1: Cost of hiring the Impala Conference Centre
Number of tickets sold (n) 0 50 100 160 200
Cost (C ) (R) 0 6 000 12 000 A 24 000
b) The community hall charges a basic fee of R3 000 and an additional
R90 per person.
The following formula expresses the cost (C) of hiring the community hall
in terms of the number (n) of tickets sold: C = R90 × n + R3 000
i) Use the formula to calculate the missing value in Table 2 (B). Show all
your calculations. (3)
Table 2: Cost of hiring the community hall
Number of tickets sold (n) 0 50 100 B 200
Cost (C ) (R) 3 000 7 500 12 000 15 600 21 000
ii) Use the data in Table 2 and draw a straight line graph on a copy of
the grid provided in Annexure A on page 165. Clearly label the graph
as Cost. (4)
c) Use the values in Table 1 and Table 2 and give the number of tickets
sold when the cost for the two venues is the same. (1)
d) Suppose that all the tickets are sold. Refer to Tables 1 and 2 and write
down the ratio of the cost of hiring Impala Conference Centre for
200 people with hiring the community hall for the same number of people. (2)
2. The tickets are sold for R150 each. The following formula expresses the total
income (I ) in terms of the number (n) of tickets sold: I = 150 × n.
Table 3 shows the number of tickets sold and the income received.
Table 3: Income from ticket sales
Number of tickets sold (n) 0 50 100 150 200
Income (I ) in rand 0 7 500 15 000 C 30 000
a) Use the formula to calculate the missing value (C) in Table 3.
Show all your calculations. (2)
b) Use the data in Table 3 and draw a straight line graph on the same graph
you have drawn for question 1bi. Clearly label the graph as Income. (4)
3. The organisers decide to use the community hall for their function. Use the
values in Table 2 and Table 3 (which are repeated in Annexure B on page 166)
and answer the questions that follow.
a) Determine the number of tickets that must be sold for the organisation to
make neither a profit nor a loss. (Find the break-even point.) (1)
b) How much profit did the organisers make from selling 200 tickets,
if profit = income – costs? (2)
4. The musical group has 13 female members. Three members play the violin,
two members play the trumpet, one plays the drums and the rest play guitar.
3
What is the probability that a member of the group when chosen at random:
a) plays the violin (2)
b) plays the keyboard (2)
c) is female? (1)
[26]
Question 3
Betty’s Caterers provides a catering and hiring service for functions. Betty employs
16 casual workers as waiters. People can rent tables, table cloths and chairs from
her. The casual workers are paid according to the number of hours they work.
In December, there were many functions. The weekly wages are given below.
December weekly wages
R396 R425 R464 R464 R515 R535 R535 R535
R535 R535 R535 R560 R578 R578 R831 R1 025
In January, there were few functions. The weekly wages are given below.
January weekly wages
R296 R325 R414 R424 R425 R425 R435 R475
R485 R490 R535 R550 R565 R578 R631 R925
1. What was the median weekly wage in January? (2)
2. What was the range of weekly wages in January? (2)
3. Calculate the mean weekly wage in January. (3)
4. In 2007, the Minister of Labour announced that waiters must be paid a
minimum wage of R1 380 per month.
a) How much is this per week? (1)
b) How many waiters earned less than the minimum wage in January? (1)
5. Betty wanted to draw a graph to compare the wages in December and January.
She used two frequency tables to show the data.
Weekly wages in December 2006 (R) Weekly wages in January 2007 (R)
Intervals Frequency Intervals Frequency
200–299 0 200–299 1
300–399 1 300–399 1
400–499 3 400–499 8
500–599 10 500–599 4
600–699 0 600–699 1
700–799 0 700–799 0
800–899 1 800–899 0
900–999 0 900–999 1
1 000–1 099 1 1 000–1 099 0
Total 16 Total 16
4
Betty decided to represent the information as a compound bar graph. The bar
graph, which shows the weekly wages in December, is given in Annexure C
on page 166. Copy the graph and complete it by drawing the bars to show
the weekly wages in January. (3)
6. The new minimum wage in South Africa from 1 January 2013 to 31 January
2014 for a shop assistant or a waiter was R2 922,83 per month.
a) What did a waiter earn per week if he was paid the minimum wage? (1)
b) Calculate the percentage increase in the minimum monthly wage for a
waiter from January 2007 to January 2014. (2)
7. Betty bought round tables with a diameter (D) of 130 cm. She made tablecloths
with a diameter of 150 cm for the tables. She decided to sew lace around the
edge of the tablecloths. What length of lace is needed for each tablecloth?
(Use the formula: Circumference (C) = πd, use 3,14 for π.)
150 cm
(2)
[17 ]
Question 4
Ms Motlhamme is the mother of twins Oratilwe and Bakang. She is health
conscious and regularly serves fruit salad and low sugar ice cream for dessert.
1. The till slip shows the ingredients she purchased to make a dessert. Use the till
slip to answer the questions.
SHOPRITE NEWLANDS
PO Box 11 700, Marine Parade
DURBAN 4056
TEL 031-5747000
TAX INVOICE
Vat registration no: 442010677
CARRIER BAG 24 ℓ R0,21
CARRIER BAG 24 ℓ R0,21
PINEAPPLE R3,99 *
BANANAS R5,44 *
PEAR PER KG R1,46 *
ICECREAM 2 ℓ R26,99
GRANADILLA 110g R5,99
APPLES R5,42 *
PEACH SLICES R5,69
MANGO R1,99 *
MANGO R1,99 *
LEMONS PER kg R2,30 *
MANGO R1,99 *
13 BALANCE DUE R63,67
CASH ROUNDING –R0,02
CASH R100,00
CHANGE R36,35
RATE VAT TOTAL
15,00% 5,86 39,09
* 0,00% 0,00 24,58
CASHIER NAME: NTANDO GUMEDE
COO12 #0218 15:33:42 16MAY2018
S00351 R009
KEEP TILL SLIP AS PROOF OF PURCHASE
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a) Was this purchase made in the morning, the afternoon or the evening? (1)
b) How many mangoes did Mrs Dunn buy? (1)
c) What is the percentage of value-added tax (VAT) she paid? (1)
d) How many items on the till slip were VAT-free? (1)
e) How much VAT did she pay? (1)
f) Write down the ratio of the size of the plastic bag to the size of the
ice cream container. Give the answer in simplified form. (2)
g) What is the cost per litre of ice cream? (1)
h) The ice cream container is rectangular. It has a volume of 2 ℓ.
Remember, 2 ℓ = 2 000 cm3. If the length of the ice cream container is
25 cm and the width is 10 cm, calculate the height of the container.
Use the formula, volume = length × breadth × height, or V = l × b × h.(2)
2. Ms Motlhamme calculates the twins’ body mass index (BMI) annually. This is
an indication of the amount of fat in the body.
Aunt Miranda visits the family on the twins’ 14th birthday. In the country
where she lives, mass is measured in pounds and length is measured in inches.
Aunt Miranda records Oratilwe’s height and mass using her measuring
instruments, while their mother records Bakang’s height and mass using her
measuring instruments.
They record the following data.
Twin Mass Height
Bakang 56 kg 1,65 m
Oratilwe 99 pounds 60 inches
a) Use the conversion table in Annexure D on page 166 to calculate
Oratilwe’s height in metres, rounded off to three decimal places. (2)
b) Use the conversion table in Annexure D to calculate Bakang’s mass in
pounds, rounded off to two decimal places. (2)
c) Calculate Bakang’s BMI, rounded off to one decimal place.
mass (kg)
Use the formula: BMI = _________
(height (m))2 (3)
[17]
Question 5
Carlos Hernandes is a Colombian medical student on an exchange programme to
South Africa. He is based at the Polokwane Hospital, but will also spend time at
the Pietersburg Medi-Clinic.
Refer to the map of the centre of Polokwane in Limpopo in Annexure E on
page 167 when you answer the following questions.
1. Pietersburg Comprehensive (Pietersburg Comp.) is in grid B3. What is the
grid reference for the Polokwane Hospital? (1)
2. Thabo Mbeki Street is an east–west one-way street. Which other street on
the map is an east–west one-way street? (1)
3. The Pietersburg Medi-Clinic covers a whole block. Give the names of the
streets around the Medi-Clinic. (2)
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4. Give directions Carlos could use to get from Polokwane Hospital from the
entrance in Hospital Street to the Burger Street entrance to the Pietersburg
Medi-Clinic.(2)
5. The distance on the map between the Polokwane Hospital and the Pietersburg
Medi-Clinic is 90 mm. The scale is 1 : 22 500. Use the scale to calculate the
distance in kilometres. (2)
6. Carlos gets an allowance of COL$200 000 (Colombian pesos) per month.
What is this in rand? Use the following exchange rate. (2)
Exchange rate:
COL$1 000 = R2,59
R1 = COL$385,99
[10]
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Annexure A
Question 2: 1b ii and 2b
Income and expenses
30 000
29 000
28 000
27 000
26 000
25 000
24 000
23 000
22 000
21 000
20 000
19 000
18 000
17 000
16 000
Value (R)
15 000
14 000
13 000
12 000
11 000
10 000
9 000
8 000
7 000
6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
Number of tickets sold
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Annexure B
Question 2: 3
Table 2: Cost of hiring the community hall
Number of tickets sold (n) 0 50 100 B 200
Cost (C) (R) 3 000 7 500 12 000 15 600 21 000
Table 3: Income from ticket sales
Number of tickets sold (n) 0 50 100 150 200
Income (I ) (R) 0 7 500 15 000 C 30 000
Annexure C
Question 3: 5
Wages earned in December and January
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200–299 300–399 400–499 500–599 600–699 700–799 800–899 900–999
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Salary intervals
Annexure D
Question 4: 2a
Conversion table
1 ounce = 28,35 grams
1 gram = 0,0352 ounces
1 pound = 0,4536 kilograms
1 kilogram = 2,2045 pounds
1 inch = 0,0254 metres
1 centimetre = 0,3937 inches
1 foot = 0,3048 metres
1 metre = 3,2808 feet
1 yard = 0,9144 metres
1 metre = 1,0936 yards
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