COM3006NFC

An Introduction to Numeracy, Data & IT

Portfolio of Tasks

Date for Submission: Please refer to the timetable on ilearn

(The submission portal on ilearn will close at 14:00 UK time

on the date of submission)

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Assignment Brief

As part of the formal assessment for An Introduction to Numeracy, Data & IT

module, you are required to submit a Portfolio demonstrating that you have met the
learning outcomes for the module.

Learning Outcomes:

LO1: Use basic numerical operations with whole numbers, integers, fractions, and
decimals.

LO2: Calculate ratios and proportions, percentages, averages.

LO3: Construct and use appropriate graphical techniques to present simple data.

LO4: Construct and use a spreadsheet application to record numerical data and use
simple formula functions.

All learning outcomes must be met to pass the module.

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Guidance

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the
module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count of your submitted
document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in AU Harvard system(s).
You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please
note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University
operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the
identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.

Maximum word count: 3000 words

Please refer to the full word count policy which can be found in the Student Policies
section here: Arden University | Regulatory Framework

Please note the following:

Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the
assessment.

The word count includes everything in the main body of the assessment (including in
text citations and references). The word count excludes numerical data in tables,
figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. ALL other printed
words ARE included in the word count.

Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a 10-percentage
point deduction.

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Assignment Task

Draft Formative Task Submission

You can submit a full/partial draft of your work in week 7 for feedback.

Formative tasks give you the opportunity to check your understanding of key
concepts, and therefore help you prepare for the final portfolio submission.

Your lecturer will provide verbal/written feedback to help you improve your
assignment, before submitting your final portfolio in week 10.

Submit a copy of your draft using the Turnitin formative draft link by the given deadline in
Week 7. You can find the deadline for your draft on iLearn. You can submit your draft on
iLearn under the ‘My Assessment’ tab.

Final portfolio submission

Please submit your portfolio as a Word document.

You are advised to use the student guidance document available on iLearn to help
you while completing the portfolio, as it gives tips on how to maximise your marks.

You are encouraged to use a calculator carefully and to ensure that you show all
steps of your working out for each calculation to achieve full marks. Always check
you have read the questions carefully by checking your answers before submitting.

Complete all four sections which are linked to the learning outcomes for this
module. This will make up your portfolio of evidence.

Academic Integrity

You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources
used are correctly acknowledged and referenced. Your reference list should be placed at
the end of your assignment. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of
academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is on the homepage of your
module and also in the Induction Area).

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Section 1

The table below shows the price of rail tickets from London to different destinations:

Based on the information in the table, answer the following questions (a – f) and ensure to
show your work to get full marks for each question.

a) If a person bought 3 return adult tickets and 2 return child tickets to Edinburgh,
calculate the total cost for these tickets.
[2 marks]

b) Using your answer from part a), calculate the total cost of the tickets, if 1 adult
and 1 child could not travel and their tickets are refunded?
[2 marks]

c) There are multiple railcard options available to rail customers. The Family and
Friends Railcard offers 1/3 off adult tickets and 60% off child tickets. If a family
of two adults and one child were to use this railcard on a return trip to
Manchester.

i) How much would the two adult tickets cost together with the
railcard discount?
ii) How much would the child ticket cost with the railcard discount?
iii) What would the total cost of the journey be for this family using
the railcard?
iv) How much has the family saved on this journey by using their
railcard?

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 [7 marks]
d) A group of 4 adults want to go on a trip. They can avail of the group discount
promotion as seen in the table above. They decide on a return trip to either
Manchester or Leeds. Which destination should they choose to get the
cheapest deal?
[5 marks]

e) Due to an increase in costs for the railway company, the current price for a
ticket to Birmingham is 5% more than it was last year. What was the price of a
return adult ticket to Birmingham last year before the increase? (Round your
answer to two decimal places)
[4 marks]

f) Rail National have made the decision to continue to increase their ticket prices
by 5% each year for the next three years. What will the cost of a return adult
ticket to Edinburgh cost in 3 years. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places)

[5 marks]
[Total Marks for Question 1 = 25]

Section 2

Below is a table comparing the different SIM-only deals offered by 10 mobile networks.

Based on the information in the table, answer the following questions (a – d) and ensure
to show your work to get full marks for each question.

a) By using appropriate cell formatting techniques outlined in this module,

reproduce the above spreadsheet in Excel. Take a clear screenshot and
insert it into your portfolio as your answer to this question. Ensure you

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 include row and column identifiers in your screenshot, so it is clear that
you have used Excel to reproduce the table.
[10 marks]

b) Use Excel or otherwise to find the mean average monthly cost of a SIM-
only contract. Please round your answer to the nearest integer.
[3 marks]

c)
i) Use Excel to find the median number of Gigabytes (GB) of data on
offer by the ten mobile networks. Please include the formula you
use for full marks.

ii) Use Excel to find the mean average of Gigabytes (GB) of data on
offer by the ten mobile networks. Please include the formula you
use for full marks.

iii) Based on your two answers in part i) and ii), which answer would
give a better indication of the average number of Gigabytes (GB)
of data on offer by the ten mobile networks.

iv) Give a reason for your answer to part iii).

[8 marks]

d) If you were to choose between ESCOT and Rebala, which one would you
personally choose? You must give a reason for your answer.
[1 marks]

[Total Marks for Question 2 = 22]

Section 3

Below is a table that represents the data gathered by students during their research to
explore the causes of shoplifting in England and Wales between 2013 and 2023. They
gathered data on the overall number of shoplifting offences recorded each year and also
displayed the main categories of items that were stolen.

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Use the information in the table above to answer the following questions below.

a) What percentage of recorded offences of shoplifting were groceries in

2022/23? Please round your answer to the nearest integer.

[3 marks]

b) Give two reasons why you believe groceries have a higher percentage than
any other category of items shoplifted.

[2 Marks]

c) Answer the following two parts:

i) What is the ratio of the number of homeware items shoplifted to electrical
items in 2019/20? Give your answer in its most simplest form.

ii) Using your answer from part i), explain in words what this ratio means.

[4 marks]

d) Use Excel to find the total number of recorded offences between 2013/14 and
2022/23. To ensure full marks, write the formula you used in Excel as part of
your answer.

[3 marks]

e) Use Excel to find the minimum number of recorded offences between

2013/14 and 2022/23. To ensure full marks, write the formula you used in
Excel as part of your answer.

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 [3 marks]

f) Write the conditional formula that you would use in Excel to count how many
years the total number of recorded offences were greater than 340,000.

[3 marks]

g) Use Excel to create a fully labelled line graph to show the total number of
recorded offences in each year from 2013/14 to 2022/23. Take a screenshot
of your chart or graph and insert it into your portfolio.

[6 marks]

h) Based on your graph from part g), comment on the overall trend of shoplifting
between 2013/14 and 2022/23. (Hint: In your answer, comment on why you
think there were peaks and dips in the graph)

[4 marks]
[Total Marks for Question 3 = 28]

Section 4

You are the manager at the Mini-Zoo Pet Store in Berlin. You have worked there for ten
years and collated the data into the table below, showing the total income from sales of
items each year and the total you have spent on advertising.

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 a)
i) What type of graph is suitable to show the correlation between sales and
advertising?

ii) Create a relevant graph to show the correlation between the income from
sales and the cost of advertising. Take a screenshot of your chart or
graph and insert it into your portfolio.

iii) From this graph, what type of correlation is present between the income
from sales and the cost of advertising.

iv) Explain what this correlation means in words.

v) As manager of the store, what might you consider doing to increase the
sales even further next year?

[10 marks]

b) As manager of Mini-Zoo, you introduced personalised gifts. Customers can

have the names of their pets embossed on products you sell. The minimum
price for personalising a gift is €2 for three letters. Every letter used after
this costs €0.50. The table below shows the cost of personalising products
and how many have been sold.

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Use the information in the table above to answer the following questions below.

i) Create a suitable and fully labelled pie chart to show the income from
sales of the most popular pet names used on personalised products sold
by Mini-Zoo.
[6 marks]

ii) Give a reason why the biggest sector of the pie chart does not represent
the most popular pet name.
[1 marks]

iii) Write the conditional formula that you would use in Excel to add up the
total number of sales from those pets whose names begin with the letter
J.

[4 marks]

iv) Write the conditional formula that you would use in Excel to find the
average income from sales from those pets whose names have more
than 4 letters.

[4 marks]

[TOTAL MARKS = 100]

End of questions
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Referencing Guidance

You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate
and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU
Harvard system(s).

Follow this link to find the referencing guides for your subject: Arden Library

Submission Guidance

Assignments submitted late will not be accepted and will be marked as a 0%

fail.

Your assessment can be submitted as a single Word (MS Word) or PDF file, or, as
multiple files.

If you chose to submit multiple files, you must name each document as the question/part
you are answering along with your student number ie Q1 Section A STUXXXX. If you
wish to overwrite your submission or one of your submissions, you must ensure
that your new submission is named exactly the same as the previous in order for
the system to overwrite it.

You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all
sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show
evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is available
on the A-Z key information on iLearn.)

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