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BNU1501 - Assignment 03 - Semester 1-2023

This document contains a 20 question assignment on basic numeracy concepts from chapters 4 and 5 of the study guide. The questions cover topics like SI units, perimeter, area, volume, algebraic expressions, equations and formulas. Students are asked to choose the correct answer from four multiple choice options for each question. The assignment is due on April 14, 2023.

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BNU1501 - Assignment 03 - Semester 1-2023

This document contains a 20 question assignment on basic numeracy concepts from chapters 4 and 5 of the study guide. The questions cover topics like SI units, perimeter, area, volume, algebraic expressions, equations and formulas. Students are asked to choose the correct answer from four multiple choice options for each question. The assignment is due on April 14, 2023.

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BNU1501/Ass 3/S1/2023

BNU1501

Basic Numeracy

Department of Decision Sciences

ASSIGNMENT 03

Semester 1 – 2023

Due Date: 14 April 2023

Please work through the following study material before answering the assignment questions:
Study material: Chapters 4 and 5 of the Study Guide

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Question 1
What is the SI unit of length?
[1] Litre
[2] Kilogram
[3] Meter squared
[4] Meter

Question 2
How many litres are there in 1 m3?
[1] 10 litres
[2] 1 000 000 litres
[3] 100 litres
[4] 1000 litres

Question 3
If the length and width of a rectangle are 11 cm and 10 cm, then find its perimeter.
[1] 420 cm
[2] 21 cm
[3] 42 cm
[4] 110 cm

Question 4
Find the perimeter of the shape below.

[1] 42 mm
[2] 70 mm
[3] 180 mm
[4] 56 mm

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Question 5
Find the perimeter of the shaded rectangle in the figure below
(2𝑥𝑥 + 3) 𝑚𝑚

(𝑥𝑥 − 6) m

[1] (3𝑥𝑥 − 3) m
[2] (3𝑥𝑥 − 6) m
[3] (6𝑥𝑥 − 6) m
[4] (6𝑥𝑥 − 3) m

Question 6
Find the area of the shaded rectangle in the figure below
(2𝑥𝑥 + 3) 𝑚𝑚

(𝑥𝑥 − 6) m

[1] (2x2− 3𝑥𝑥 − 18) m2


[2] (2x2+ 9𝑥𝑥 − 18) m2
[3] (2x2+ 3𝑥𝑥 + 18) m2
[4] (2x2− 9𝑥𝑥 − 18) m2

Question 7
Find the area of the region that is inside the rectangle and outside the circles (blue region).
The circles have a diameter of 3 cm

3
[1] 1,93 cm2
[2] 7,73 cm2
[3] 32,47 cm2
[4] 28,93 cm2

Question 8
What is the area of the shaded region?

[1] 4 cm2
[2] 8 cm2
[3] 12 cm2
[4] 16 cm2

Question 9
The diagram below is composed of two rectangles and a quarter circle.

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What is the area of the diagram, to the nearest square centimeter?
[1] 33 cm2
[2] 37 cm2
[3] 44 cm2
[4] 50 cm2

Question 10
An ice cream container is 20 cm long, 10 cm wide and 6 cm high. How many liters of ice cream
can it hold?
[1] 1 200 000 liters
[2] 1,2 liters
[3] 1 200 liters
[4] 12 000 liters

Question 11
Obtain the volume of a rectangular box with the given length, breadth, and height xy, 2x2y, 2xy2
respectively.

[1] 4x4y4
[2] 4y4y4
[3] 4x4yy
[4] 44y4

Question 12
The width of a block of wood with rectangular cross-section is x cm. Its height is two-thirds its
width and its length is 4 times its height. What is its volume in cm³?
8𝑥𝑥
[1] 9
cm³
16𝑥𝑥³
[2] 9
cm³
8𝑥𝑥³
[3] 3
cm³
17𝑥𝑥
[4] 3
cm³

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Question 13
A cylindrical steel pipe below is 21 cm long with radius 0,4 cm and its hollow part is of
radius 0,1 cm. What is the volume of steel in the pipe?

[1] 9,0 cm3


[2] 9,4 cm3
[3] 9,9 cm3
[4] 10,1 cm3

Question 14
Coke is sold in aluminium cans that measure13 cm in height and 6 cm in diameter. How
many cubic centimetres of coke is contained in a full can?
[1] 78 cm3
[2] 367,6 cm3
[3] 39 cm3
[4] 1 470,3 cm3

Question 15
Use distributive law to simplify the following expression as far as possible:
−2(𝑥𝑥 − 5) − 3(4𝑥𝑥 + 4)
[1] 16𝑥𝑥 − 22
[2] −14𝑥𝑥 − 2
[3] −14𝑥𝑥 + 22
[4] −16𝑥𝑥 + 1

Question 16
Simplify the following expression as far as possible:

�144𝑎𝑎6 × �𝑎𝑎16 𝑏𝑏 8

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[1] 12𝑎𝑎11 𝑏𝑏 4
[2] 12𝑎𝑎22 𝑏𝑏 4
[3] 12𝑎𝑎11 𝑏𝑏 8
[4] 12𝑎𝑎22 𝑏𝑏 8

Question 17
Solve the equation:
2(𝑦𝑦 + 5) = 3(𝑦𝑦 − 8)
[1] 𝑦𝑦 = −34
[2] 𝑦𝑦 = −14
[3] 𝑦𝑦 = 34
[4] 𝑦𝑦 = 14

Question 18
Solve for x in the following equation:
y 6 − 2x
=
3 x+3
18 + 3 y
[1] x=
y+6

18 − 3 y
[2] x=
y−6

18 − 3 y
[3] x=
y+6

18 + 3 y
[4] x=
y−6

Question 19
5𝑥𝑥+12𝑦𝑦
Evaluate the expression for x = 9, y = -5.
𝑥𝑥−6
[1] 5
[2] -5
[3] 35

7
[4] 1

Question 20
1
Make 𝑎𝑎 the subject of the formula if 𝑠𝑠 = 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢 + 2 𝑎𝑎𝑡𝑡 2 .

𝑠𝑠−𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢
[1] 𝑎𝑎 = � 2

2𝑠𝑠−𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢
[2] 𝑎𝑎 = 𝑡𝑡 2
2(𝑠𝑠−𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢)
[3] 𝑎𝑎 = 𝑡𝑡 2
𝑠𝑠−𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢
[4] 𝑎𝑎 = 2𝑡𝑡 2

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