AUTUMN CLASSES GUIDE 2020

Mathematical Literacy
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ....................................................................... 3

Unit 1: Measurement .................................................. 4 - 13

Unit 2: Finance ......................................................... 13 - 28

Unit 3: Data Handling ................................................. 29 - 44

ANNEXURES …………………………………………………………….45 – 52

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INTRODUCTION

The material has been developed with the purpose of assisting learners to revise term 1
content. To assist learners with practice after each section, model activities are provided
as well as their model answers.

It is important to note that the activities in this material are meant to be a guide and not
to replace any study material or textbook.

We hope you will find the material helpful.

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MEASUREMENT
CONVERSIONS AND TIME

Key Concepts

1. Capacity
2. Elapsed time
3.
4. The volume of a solid 3D shape is the amount of space displaced by it.

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 ACTIVITY 1

1. 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>]

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

2 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.

2.1 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 to ADD was 5
hours 15 minutes and from ADD to BKK was hours. If Miss SA decided to travel
using Ethiopian Airlines, show how the total travelling time given as 18 hours and 5
minutes was calculated.

2.2 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.

3. Netflix is a popular streaming service that allows subscribers to watch TV shows,

movies and documentaries.

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 Use the infographic below to answer the questions that follow:

3.1 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.

3.2 The infographic states "140 million hours watched per day = 1 billion hours per
week". Use a calculation to prove if this statement is true.

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ACTIVITY 2

Confidence was interested in the amount of hours that she spend sleeping and the
quality of sleep. She tracked her sleeping pattern for seven (7) days using the
fitness monitor watch.

TABLE 4: SLEEPING PATTERN TIMES IN HOURS AND MINUTES

Day Total Sleep Restful % Restless Sleep %

Sleep

Monday 5h28min K 86 0h45min 14

Tuesday 7h16min 6h27min 89 0h49min 11

Wednesday 6h57min 5h57min 86 1h0min 15

Thursday 5h45min 5h33min 97 1h12min 3

Friday 7h11min 5h41min 79 1h30min 21

Saturday 8h39min 6h35min 76 2h04min 24

Sunday 8h35min 6h17min 73 2h18min 27

[Source:
www.androidcentral.com]

NOTE: The minimum recommended total sleeping time for an adult is 7 hours per
day.

1. Write down the restless sleeping time (in minutes) for Saturday.

2. Name the day(s) on which Confidence exceeded the minimum

recommended sleeping time by LESS than 20 minutes.

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 3. If a day is chosen at random, what is the probability that it will be a day that
she did not reach the recommended sleeping time?

4. Convert the time 6 hours 27 min to hours.

5. Calculate K, the restful sleeping time (in hours and minutes) for Monday.

6. Express the total sleeping time for Wednesday as a decimal of a day.

7. Show that the total sleeping time from Monday to Sunday was
49h 51min.

ACTIVITY 3

Mr and Mrs Jiyane plan to take a holiday and travel by train from Johannesburg to
Cape Town. ANNEXURE B shows tourist class train routes, schedules and fares.

Use ANNEXURE A and the above information to answer the following questions

1. Determine the number of train stations that Mr and Mrs Jiyane pass before reaching
Cape Town

2. Calculate the number of hours it will take them to reach Beaufort West station.

3. Give three names of train stations where the train stopped for exactly five
minutes when going to Cape Town.

4. If Mr and Mrs Jiyane depart from Johannesburg on Friday, what is the

probability as a percentage that they will arrive in Cape Town on Saturday?

5. The distance from Johannesburg to Cape Town is 1 399 km. Calculate the

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 average speed at which the train was travelling if the journey took 27 hours.

You may use the following formula:

Distance
Average speed =
Time

Mr and Mrs Jiyane wants to board a train on Saturday on their return trip. Will it
be possible? Explain.

ACTIVITY 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

1. Determine the weight of the one-tenth of an ounce (oz) Kruger rand in grams, given the
following:

1 oz = 0,0625 lbs
1 g = 0,0022 lbs
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.

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ACTIVITY 5

Leonard's girlfriend, Stephani, was flying back to Cape Town from Vienna. Leonard
decided to track the flight on the internet. A screenshot of all the flights that were in the
air at the same time is included below. Note: Stephani's plane is circled.

Study the image belowand answer the questions that follow:

Note: SCHED – Scheduled, ACT - Actual time, EST - Estimated time, CET - Central European Time

1. What time was Stephani's flight scheduled to take off?

2. If the flight only took off at 10:41 CET, for how long was the flight delayed?

3. Leonard visited www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/number-of-planes-in-air

while doing some research and read the following:
"Aviation data companies like FlightAware keep track of all (or at least most) of
the aircraft in our skies. And according to them, in the past year there was an
average of 9 728 planes — carrying 1 270 406 people – in the sky at any given
time".
If there were twice as many people in the sky at any given time, how many people
would it be? Write your answer in words.

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ACTIVITY 6

Mina is a baker who specialises in baking wedding cakes. The most popular cake she
bakes is a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Study the recipe given below and
answer the questions that follow:

Prep time 20 minutes

Cook time 1 hour
Servings 12
Calories 464 kcal
Ingredients
Carrot Cake
• 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar
• 2¼ cups finely grated carrots
• 1 cup each of chopped walnuts & raisins
• ½ cup crushed pineapple
• 1½ tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. nutmeg
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 2¾ cup (360 g) cake flour
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1¼ cup (250 g) vegetable oil

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup salted butter
• 4 cups powder sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions
Carrot Cake
1. Heat the oven to 350° F.

2. Prepare two 8-inch round baking pans.

3. Beat the sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a mixer until it is light yellow, about 3 minutes.

4. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt and mix on low speed; slowly and gently add in the
dry ingredients.

5. Fold in raisins, nuts, carrots, and pineapple.

6. Divide the batter equally between the pans. Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out nearly clean. A few crumbs are what
you want for a MOIST cake!

7. Allow the cakes to cool completely on a wire rack – this will take 25 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. ONCE THE CAKE HAS COOLED COMPLETELY, place room-temperature butter, cream cheese, and vanilla into mixer and blend
for 1 minute on medium.

2. Add powder sugar, one cup at a time, until frosting is light and creamy. Whip cream cheese frosting for 3 minutes or until light and
fluffy.

3. Cover cake in frosting – this takes 12 minutes.

1. How long will it take to prepare and bake the cake?

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2. Read the "Instructions" carefully and determine at what time Mina will finish baking
and frosting a cake if she started preparing at 09:30.

4. Study the given Fahrenheit oven dial below. By how many degrees (°F) does the dial
need to be turned to reach the required temperature to bake the cake?

5. Mina's oven works in degrees Celsius. Help her convert 350° F to the nearest 10° C,
by using the following formula:

0
C = (350 0F - 32)

6. Mina uses the measuring jug shown below.

6.1 What is the capacity of the measuring jug in litres?

6.2 One gram of cake flour equals 2,36 millilitres.

Indicate on the measuring jug above, by drawing a clear line labelled with the letter B,
where Mina would measure the amount of flour needed to make the cake.

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FINANCE

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

TERMINOLOGIES

*Refer to term manuals for all financial documents terminologies.

ACTIVITY 1

Ulwazi received his employee tax certificate IRP5 (ANNEXURE B) for the financial year
ending 28 February 2013. Some of the information has been omitted.

Use ANNEXURE B to answer the following questions:

1. Briefly explain the difference between employee and employer

2. Write down the taxable amount that Ulwazi received as an annual payment

3. Did Ulwazi receive a non-taxable reimbursive travel allowance? Give a valid reason
for your answer.

4. Calculate the average monthly medical scheme fees tax credit

5. Calculate the missing amount A

6. From 1 March 2012 to 31 July 2012 Ulwazi contributed a total of R4 975,25 to his
pension fund.

Determine the average monthly contribution for the remainder of the financial year.

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ACTIVITY 2

A few years ago Mrs Yengopal’s company bought a car on a special purchase
agreement. No deposit was paid and the payment plan required fixed monthly
installments over five years and a balloon(residual) amount as a final 61st
payment.

The company receives a tax invoice as well as an updated bank statement

every month. ANNEXURE C shows the tax invoice for 5 September 2014.

1. Explain the meaning of Ballon or Residual payment

2. Use ANNEXURE C to answer the following questions.

3. How many fixed monthly instalments are still to be paid from date of invoice until the
expiry date of the special purchase agreement?

4. What does the term’ “arears” mean in this context?

5. Identify the arrears amount as reflected on the invoice.

6. Express the monthly interest given on the invoice as a percentage of the monthly
fixed instalment.

7. Determine the total amount the company would have paid for the car (including the
residual amount) the end of the period.

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ACTIVITY 3

Domila bought the house below in November 2015. He is currently living in the house
with his family and has been paying his bond every month.

Bond Costs:
R6 381 per month
Interest rate: 10.25%
Period: 20 years

1. How much will Domila pay in total for the house in 20 years, if the interest rate
remains unchanged?

2. If the house cost R949 796,33, how much interest would Domila pay for the house
over the 20-year period?

3. Read the following information and use it answer questions on Domila’s house:

A repurchase rate - also known as a repo rate - is the interest rate set by the South
African Reserve Bank (SARB) to help banks determine the interest rate that they
can charge a consumer who borrows money from them. The table below shows the
current and historic values of SARB’s repo rate.
SARB latest interest rate/ repo rate changes:

Change Date Percentage

28 January 2016 6,750%
19 November 2015 6,250%

The South African Reserve Bank met in January 2016 to increase the repo rate and
because of that, Adrian’s bank informed him that there will be a change to the

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 monthly repayment fee of his house
By how much was the repo rate increased from November 2015 to January 2016?

4. The table below is a loan factor table that shows the monthly repayments per R1
000 on a home loan with interest rates ranging from 9.75% to 11.25% per annum,
over 15, 20, 25 and 30 years.

Table: Loan factor table for calculating monthly repayments on a home loan per
R1 000.

Interest - % Years
15 20 25 30
9.75% 10,59 9,59 8,91 8,59
10,00% 10,75 10,75 9,09 8,78
10,25% 10,90 10,90 9,26 8,96
10,50% 11,05 11,05 9,44 9,15
10,75% 11,21 11,21 9,62 9,33
11,00% 11,37 11,37 9,80 9.52
11,25% 11,52 11,52 9,98 9,71

4.1 If the interest rate was 10.25% before the repo rate was adjusted by 0.5%, what will
the new interest rate and the new loan factor be for the 20-year period?

4.2 Adrian’s house cost R649 796,33. Determine the new monthly repayment over a
20-year period.
Use the formula:
Monthly repayment = (loan amount ÷ 1000) x loan factor

4.3 Before the increase in the interest rate, Adrian had R3 210 left after paying for the
bond.
How much will remain after the increase in the bond repayment amount, due to the
change in the repo rate?
4.4 What effect will the increase in the repo rate have on Domila’s finances?

4.5 In what ways will an increase in repo rate affect a consumer like Domila? Give at
least two scenarios.

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FINANCE

TARIFF SYSTEMS

TERMINOLOGIES

*Refer to term manuals tariff systems terminologies.

ACTIVITITY 1

Jason wants to hire a car for three days and plans to travel at least 1 500km. He sees
the following advertisements of special deals from two car rental companies.

Alpha car rentals Zee car rentals

Special offer! Only R0,50 per km Bargain!!!!! R500 dep. (non-refundable) + R0,25
per km
No additional daily costs
No extra costs
Conditions :Only valid for August 2012
Must travel at least 1000km
Minimum of 1 000km
Must rent for minimum 3 days
At least 3 days
Month of August only
Contact Kelly at 0747488667
Call Sello @ 0798125640

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1. Complete the table by finding the values of A,B and C

Km travelled 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 C 3500

Cost for Alpha car rental (in R) 0 250 A 750 1000 1250 1500 1750
Cost for Zee car rental (in R) 500 625 750 875 B 1125 1250 1375

2. The graph for the cost of Alpha car rental has already been as indicated below.
On the SAME set of axis, copy and draw the graph to show the cost of Zee car
rental. Clearly label your graph.

Cost of renting a car

1750

1500 Alpha car

1250
Cost in Rand

1000

750

500

250

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Distance travel in km

3. Use the graphs to answer the following questions:

3.1 Write down the cost for Zee car rental if Jason wants to travel 3 250km
3.2 For what distance travelled will the two car rental companies charge the same
cost?
3.3 What advice will you give Jason as to which car rental company is the cheapes

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ACTIVITITY 2

The table below shows the stepped water tariff rates(sliding scale) for residential
properties in Cape Town. As from 1 February 2018 level 6 tariffs were charged.

VOLUME OF WATER USED LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4

(1 kɩ = 1 000 LITRES) R/ kɩ R/ kɩ
STEP

(INCLUDING VAT) (INCLUDING VAT)

1 More than 0 kɩ to 6 kɩ R4,65 R28,90

2 Above 6 kɩ to 10,5 kɩ R17,75 R46,00

3 Above 10,5 kɩ to 20 kɩ R25,75 R120,27

4 Above 20 kɩ to 35 kɩ R43,69 R234,00

5 Above 35 kɩ to 50 kɩ R113,99 R912,00

6 More than 50 kɩ R302,24 R912,00

2.1 Give a possible reason why water is charged on sliding scale.

2.2 Use the table above to calculate the amount a household will have to pay for
consuming 15,3 kɩ.

2.3 State THREE possible ways one can save water.

*ADD MORE ACTIVITIES FROM OTHER RESOURCES

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FINANCE

INCOME, EXPENDITURE, PROFIT/LOSS, STATEMENTS AND BUDGETS

NOTES

EXPENDITURE

Expenditure is money that you spend. Expenditure can include living expenses (e.g.
food, clothing, entertainment), accounts (e.g. water, electricity, telephone), fees (e.g.
school fees), insurance (e.g. for a car or house), taxes and loan repayments (e.g. to pay
off your store account).

TYPES OF EXPENDITURE

As with expenditure, there are fixed, variable and occasional or unexpected expenses.

 Fixed expenses: these are expenses that you pay for regularly and they always
the same amount. Examples include monthly rental or rates, a loan repayment to
the bank, an insurance premium, school fees or your annual car license
 Variable expenses: these are amounts of money a person spends that do change
over time. Examples include groceries, electricity bills, telephone account, water
account; petro purchase and food purchase are examples of variable expenses.
 Occasional or unexpected expenses: these are expenses that you cannot plan
for, but happen at irregular time with changing amount. For example, a visit to the
doctor, repairs to your car if it breaks down, holiday expenses. Some occasional
expenses can be planned for, for example, annual car services.

TWO OR MORE RELATIONSHIP:

Income and expenditure can be represented by two or more graphs on the same
axis.

The aim is to compare two or more different situations i.e. a need to compare income
and expenditure.

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 We can put two graphs on the same set of axes, if they both compare the same
two variables.
 The point where the two graphs meet is sometimes called the breakeven point.
(The values for the two graphs are the same at this point.)
BREAK-EVEN POINT

The break-even point is the point of intersection. In financial world, break-even point is
the point at which your income is equal to your expenses or costs. At this point you
have neither made a profit nor loss. Any income you make after break-even point is
your profit.

Break-even analysis
60
Income
Amount in Rands

Expenses
40 Break-even point

20

0
0 30 60
Unit sold

Worked Example: (Income and Expenses)

The graphs showing the income and expenses of Thembi's toy-making business is
given below: use it answer the questions below

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 THEMBI'S INCOME AND EXPENSES

1. What is Thembi's income if she sells thirty toys?

2. Will Thembi make a profit or a loss if she only makes five toys and sells all of
them?
3. How many toys must Thembi make and sell to break even?
4. Thembi makes 50 toys. Her expenses are R850 and she makes a profit of R400
when she sells all of them. Calculate her percentage profit using the formula:
×100. Give the answer rounded off to ONE
Percentage profit = (Profit ÷ Expenses) ×100
decimal place.

ANSWERS

1. R750
2. Loss
3. 10
4. Percentage profit = (Profit ÷ Expenses) ×100
= (R400 ÷ R850) x 100
= 47,0588 ...% ≈ 47,1%

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ACTIVITY 1

The table below shows the income and expenses of Matilda bread making business:

Number of 0 5 A 15 20 25 30 B 40
bread made (n)

Income ( I) 0 C 200 300 D 500 E 700 800

Expenses ( E) 100 F 250 G 400 H 550 625 700

1. Write equation to determine the

1.1 Income
1.2 Expenses
1.3 Number of bread made

2. Find the missing value A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H

3. Draw a graph to represent the income and expenses of Princes Matji business on
the same set of graph.
4. Douglas wants to travel from Cape Town to Durban to visit his cousin. His parents
said that they can give him R 500 towards the trip. He decides to draw up a budget
to determine how much money the trip will cost. His uncle has offered to give him
a lift home so he only needs to budget for the trip to Durban.
He has R 2000 saved in his bank account. He wants to have some spending
money left over when he gets there. He phones Rainbow Buses to find out how
much it costs to travel from Cape Town to Durban. They give him two options:

OPTION 1:

Leave Saturday morning and travel straight to Durban. The trip costs R 1200 and he will
need to pay for 3 meals at R 30 per meal

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OPTION 2:

Leave Saturday morning and travel to Plettenberg Bay first. The trip costs only R 400.
He can then catch a bus on Sunday morning to Durban.

This bus trip will cost R 500. If he does this he needs to find a place to stay on Saturday
night and budget for three extra meals (estimated at R 30 each). He estimates that a
Backpackers' Lodge would be the cheapest place to stay, at R 200 a night.

Income Expenses Balance

Money from parents
Savings
Bus fare
Meals on bus
Accommodation
Total

4.1 Copy the above budget sheet and fill in the amounts for income and expenses in
the correct columns for: Option 1 and Option 2.

4.2 Would you advise Douglas to take Option 1 or Option 2? Explain your answer.

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5. Elvis is currently in Grade 10 and he works part-time at Checkers Hypermarket to
earn money. Elvis monthly budget is as follows:

Budget Expenditure Income

Earnings from Checkers R 800

Allowance from parents R 200

Transport R 80

Food R 160

Entertainment R 200

Clothes R 180

Unforeseen expenses R 100

Interest received from fixed account deposits R 50

Investment in fixed account R 100

Present for girlfriend R 100

Total R 920 R 1050

R 1050 – 920
Surplus or deficit Income – Expenditure
= 130

5.1 Estimate what fraction of total expenditure he plans to spend on clothes.

5.2 Express your answer for the previous question as a percentage.
5.3 Estimate as a fraction of total income the amount of money he earns at Checkers.
5.4 Express it as a percentage of total income

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ACTIVITY 2

Success Private school wants to employ substitute educators. The school uses the graph
below to analyze their expenses.

PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR SUBSTITUTE

EDUCATORS
13500
12000 PAYMENT 3
10500
9000
PAYMENT

7500 PAYMENT 2
6000
4500 PAYMENT 1
3000
1500
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
NUMBER OF LESSONS

1.1 How much will the educator earn if he teaches 60 lessons on payment 3?

1.2 Use the graph to complete the following table:

Number of 0 20 40 60 90 100
lessons
Payment 1 3 500 (a) 3 500 3 500 (b) 3 500
Payment 2 (c ) 3 000 4 000 (d) 6 500 7 000
Payment 3 1 500 3 500 (e) 7 500 (f) (g)
1.3 Use the graph or the table to determine the formula for :

(a) Option 2
(b) Option 3

1.4 Explain why payment 1 is represented by a horizontal line.

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1.5 What are the advantages of payment 1 for the school?

1.6 How many lessons should be offered by payment 1 and payment 2 to break even?

1.7 At which amount will payment 1 and 3 break even?

1.8 If the assistant educator earns R10 500 with payment 3, how many lessons did he or
she teach?

1.9 How much will the educator earn for 80 lessons on payment 2?

1.10 If you were the principal of this school, explain which payment option you would not
prefer? Give a reason for your answer.

*ADD ACTIVITIES ON LARGER BUDGETS FROM OTHER RESOURCES

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DATA HANDLING

SUMARISING DATA

NOTES

 Quartiles

Quartiles are values that divide a data set into four groups containing equal
numbers of observations. The data set has three quartiles i.e. Q1, Q2 and Q3.
Another way of understanding quartiles is by thinking of those as medians of
either of the two sets of data points differentiated by the median. In this case, the
first quartile is the median of the data that is smaller than the full median while the
third quartile is the median of the data that is larger than the full median. Here full
median is used in the context of the median of the entire set of data.

25% ofthe 25% of the 25% 25% of

data data ofthedata thedata

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group4

Q1 Q2 Q3

The interquartile range = Q3 – Q1

 Percentiles

A percentile is a certain percentage of a set of data. Percentiles are used to

observe how many of a given set of data fall within a certain percentage range;
for example; a thirtieth percentile indicates data that lies the 13% mark of the
entire data set.

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 Key points of understanding:

1. That percentiles represent a particular means for ‘grouping’ data into smaller
categories.
2. That a percentile value represents a percentage (%)
3. That the percentile indicates the percentage of data that has been included in the
grouping:
E.g. 10th percentile signifies the 10% marker in the data. As such, 10% of the
data value lie below this marker and 90% lie above.

4. The 50th percentile represents the middle point in a data set → i.e. th median
(or the ‘average’)

Possible growth charts

1. Developmental chart:

 E.g. Length for age

 E.g. Weight for age
 E.g. Head circumference for age
1. Road to Health Chart: A developmental chart specific to South Afric

1.2 Teaching and learning activities

 Quartiles

Possible types of questioning

Type 1:

Identify quartile values in a data set or explain how given quartile values have
been determined. (See explanations above)

Type 2:
Make the connection between quartile values and box-and-whisker diagrams

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 Notice how these diagrams provide a visualway for understanding and seeing
how the values in the data set are spread out and particular where the bulk of the
data is positioned.

Essential point:

Learners do not need to be able to draw these box-and-whisker plots.

But, they must:

 understand that a box-and-whisker plot is simply a graphical representation

showing the position of the quartile values in the data set and in relation to
the max and min values
 be able to analyse given box-and-whisker plot diagram to describe and
understand how the value in the data are spread

Type 3:
Interpret quartile values in conjunction with box-and-whisker diagrams to make
deductions about how the values in the data set are spread.
Measure Class 1 Class 2

Minimum 46% 28%

Q1 55% 51%
Median (Q2) 63% 63%
Q3 72% 76%
Maximum 78% 92%

Class 1

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 Min = Q1 Q2 Q3 Max
46% = 55% = 63% = 72% = 78%

Class 2

Min = Q1 Q2 Q3 Max
28% =51% =63% =76% =92%

(Notice how the diagrams for each class have deliberately been
positioned/aligned above each other to show more clearly the difference in
spread.)

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Worked Example

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number

nu calculated froma
a child’s weight and height.BMI
ted on the CDC BMI-for-age growth charts (for either girls or boys) to
number is plotted
BMI-for-age weight status categories and the corresponding
obtaina percentile ranking. BM
percentiles are
e shown in the follow
following table.

Weight Status Category Percentile Range

Underweight Less than the 5thpercentile
Healthy weight 5thpercentile to less than 8 thpercentile
n the 85
At risk of overweight 85thto less than the 95thpercentile
perce
Overweight Equal to or greater than the 95thpercentile

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 (a) At what percentile would an 8 year old boy with a BMI of 17 be?

(b) What is the BMI of a 5 year old boyif his BMI places himat the 90th
percentile?

(c) Within what range can a 10 year old boy’s BMI be if his weight is to be
considered “healthy”?

2 BMI is calculated using the formula BMI = weight (kg)

Height(m)2

(a) What is the weight status ofan 8 year old boy who is 120cmtall and who
weighs 30kg?

(b) How heavy would a 16 year old boy be ifhe is 1,65mtall and his BMI is at the
50thpercentile?

Solutions

1.

(a) 75th percentile (reading from graph)

(b) Approximately 17kg/m2 (reading from graph)

(c) Between 14kg/m2 and 19kg/m2 (reading from graph)

2.

Weight (kg )
a). BMI =
Height (m 2 )

30kg
=
(1.2m) 2

= 20.83kg/m2

The child is falling on the 95th percentile

Therefor the child is overweight.

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b). Reading from graph BMI = 20,5kg/m2

Weight (kg )
Using the formula BMI =
Height (m 2 )

Weight = BMI ×Height

= 20,5kg/m2 ×(1.65m)2

= 55.81kg

ACTIVITY 1

Use the attached growth chart at the end of the activities

MrLetswalo is an employee at Impala Platinum with 3 grand daughters, Tumi, Pabi

and Lesego who are 9, 12 and 16 years old respectively. Use the growth chart
below to answer the questions that follows:

1.1 Determine Tumi’s BMI , if her BMI places her on the 90th percentile.

1.2 What does it mean if Pabi’s BMI places her on the 75th percentile?

1.3 Lesego has the same BMI as Pabi, explain the implications of Lesego’s health
status.

ACTIVITY 2

Refer to the attached growth chart

1.1 Explain what do you understand by BMI?

1.2 What is meant by the 10th percentile?

1.3 Consider a 10 year old girl with a BMI of 16kg/m2. Between which two percentile
curves on the chart will this BMI-for-age relationship be positioned?

1.4 Consider a 7 year old girl with a BMI-for-age value that is positioned on the 50th

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 percentile curve (or that has an ‘average’ BMI-for-age status). Give a possible BMI
value for this girl.

1.5 Consider a girl with a BMI value of 20 kg/m2 and a BMI-for-age value that falls
between the 75th and 85th percentile curves. Give a range of possible ages for this
girl.

1.6 If a girl has a BMI-for-age relationship that is positioned on the 50th percentile curve
on the chart, what does this mean?

ACTIVITY 3

Use the attached annexure below to answer the following questions:

2.1 If a girl has a BMI-for-Age value that falls near the 75th percentile curve, what is her
weight status?

2.2 If a 16 year old girl has a BMI of 24,5 kg/m2, in what weight status category will she
be classified?

2.3 If you were a medical practitioner, what advice would you give to the parents of a 14
year old girl who has a BMI value of 28,7 kg/m2?

2.4 An 8 year old girl is 80 cm tall and weighs 32 kg. Determine the weight status of the
girl.
2.5 A 10 year old girl who is 1,1 m tall and weighs 26 kg. Determine how much less this
girl would have to weigh in order for her weight status to be classified in the ‘Healthy’
category.

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ACTIVITY 4

4.1 The graphs shown below, represent the amount of electricity generated and

available for distribution.

4.2.1 Use the information above to determine the percentage electricity produced

that was exported. Round off to two decimal places.

4.2.2 Determine how much electricity is to be imported in order to meet the

required demands

4.3 The box and whisker plot below represents the batting averages of the 160

who have batted in T20 matches since 1 January 2009. Answer the

questions that are based on the plot.

4.3.1 What is the name given to the two data points with value 57 and 57,33?

4.3.2 How many players have a batting average that is less than 6,25?

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 4.3.3 What must a batsman’s batting average be for him to be in the top

quartile?

4.3.4 Jaques Kallis is the South African with the highest batting average. If his

average is 48,4, how does he compare with the other batsmen?

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5.7 The majority of Metro High Schools’ learners who committed violent incidents were

Grade 9 boys.

The arranged ages of these Grade 9 boys and a corresponding box-and-whisker plot are

given below.

A 14 14 14 14 15 15 15

15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16

16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17

17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17

17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

[Adapted from the South African School Administration and Management System]

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 ANNEXURE A

ACTIVITY 1

2018 TOURIST CLASS TRAIN ROUTES, SCHEDULES AND FARES

Tourist Class | JNB » CPT » JNB

Train Journey: 27 hours | Frequency: 4 x per week(see days below) | Fare: R 690 | Peak: TBC

Johannesburg » Cape Town Cape Town » Johannesburg

Days running Tue / Wed / Fri / Sun Days running Wed / Thu / Fri / Sun

Train Station Arrival Departure Train Station Arrival Departure

Johannesburg to... 12:30 Cape Town to... 10:00

Krugersdorp (R100) 13:09 13:14 Bellville (R90) 10:25 10:35

Potchefstroom (R130) 15:16 15:29 Huguenot (R100) 11:15 11:19

Klerksdorp (R140) 16:09 16:25 Wellington (R110) 11:30 11:36

Christiana (R200) 19:11 19:16 Worcester (R140) 13:10 13:30

Warrenton (R220) 19:49 19:55 Matjiesfontein (R180) 15:31 15:36

Kimberley (R240) 20:54 21:20 Laingsburg (R190) 16:00 16:10

De Aar (R340) 01:18 01:35 Prince Albert (R220) 17:30 17:35

Beaufort West
Hutchinson (R390) 03:30 03:35 19:25 19:50
(R260)

Beaufort West (R450) 05:30 06:00 Hutchinson (R310) 21:34 21:39

ince Albert (R500) 07:35 07:42 De Aar (R370) 23:25 23:45

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Laingsburg (R540) 09:05 09:15 Kimberley (R470) 03:32 03:46

Matjiesfontein (R550) 09:38 09:43 Warrenton (R500) 04:43 04:48

Worcester (R610) 11:50 12:05 Christiana (R520) 05:16 05:21

Wellington (R660) 13:50 13:54 Klerksdorp (R610) 08:14 08:26

Huguenot (R660) 14:05 14:09 Potchefstroom (R630) 09:08 09:13

Bellville (R680) 14:50 15:00 Krugersdorp (R670) 11:20 11:25

Cape Town (R690) 15:30 Johannesburg (R690) 12:16

Month March April May June July

Fares R 690 R 690 R 690 R 690/90days opens April

Source: www. trainroutes.org.za

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ANNEXURE B

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ANNEXURE C

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