Maths Literacy Grade 11 Term 3 and 4 Activity Book
Maths Literacy Grade 11 Term 3 and 4 Activity Book
Maths Literacy Grade 11 Term 3 and 4 Activity Book
T. Sibisi
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Finance
Budget
A budget shows predicted income and expenditure items for an event, business or organisation.
o That is the budget describes what the business, organisation or organisers of an event predict the
income and expenditure for the business, organisation or event will be in the future.
As such, budgets are important tools for planning the future finances of an event, business or organisation.
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Large organisations and fundraising projects
The following is an example of a large organisation (school) budget and their fundraising projects:
Example 1
A comparison of income/ expenditure/ profit values over two years and explanation
The budget shows both predicted income and expenditure values as well as a summary of actual income and
expenditure values.
This inclusion of both predicted versus actual makes it possible to see how the business actually performed
compared to how it was planned or predicted the business would perform.
The inclusion of actual for 2022 and predicted for 2023 also makes it possible to see how the predictions for
2023 were not simply „guesses‟. Rather, the predictions were based on observation of what actually
happened in 2022.
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A comparison of income, expenditure, profit values over two years
Statement of income-and-expenditure
A statement of income-and-expenditure shows a summary of actual income and expenditure items for an
event, business or organisation.
o That is the statement of income-and-expenditure describes what the business, organisation or
organisers of an event have actually spent / earned in a business, organisation or event that has
already taken place.
As such, budgets are important tools for describing the current finances of an event, business or organisation.
Example 2
A comparison of income/ expenditure/ profit values over two months and explanation
The above budget shows a summary of income and expenditure values for two different time periods,
together with a comparison of the performance over these time periods (shown in the „Change‟ values).
This inclusion of values for two different time periods makes it possible to see how the income and
expenditure of the business has changed and whether there has been an improvement or decline in the
performance of the business.
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Test your understanding 1
1. Use the above Income and expenditure statement of KwaNdengezi Supermarket in Example 2 to answer the
following questions.
a) Identify the following in the statement:
i) Fixed, variable and occasional income(s).
ii) Fixed, variable and occasional expense(s).
b) Show how the net incomes for the following were calculated:
i) March
ii) April
iii) Change
c) Describe the performance of the KwaNdengezi Supermarket business in within the two time periods.
d) One of the supermarket owner friend suggested that the business will collapse at some point if no
changes are implemented between income and expenditure. State whether you agree or disagree with
the friend and support your answer.
2. TJ own his shop, TJ’s Corner Shop – in a small shopping centre near his home. He rents the space for monthly
amount. He works at the shop at the cash register and takes a very small salary. He has one person working at
the bakery, one person in the deli and one cleaner. The deli offers cooked meats, salads and cheese. The bakery
offers variety of baked goods. The store also offers general items such as cleaning products, toilet paper, cold
drinks and so on.
Study the income and expenditure statement of TJ’s Corner Shop below and then answers the questions that
follow. All values given are in rand.
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h) TJ, the owner of the shop, want to increase his advertising budget by R300 each month. Calculate this as
the percentage.
i) Do you think that he needs to spend so much money on advertising every month? Suggest a reason for
your answer.
j) Suggest an example of what may be included in maintenance expenses.
k) Do you think there is enough money available to hire a part-time till worker? Suggest a reason for your
answer.
l) By how much did TJ’s profit increased from February to April?
m) Calculate the increase in profit from March to April as a percentage.
n) Which expenses decrease from February to March?
o) Which expenses decrease from March to April?
p) How can TJ use this income and expense statement to budget his expenses for May?
Example 3
Douglas wants to travel from Cape Town to Durban to visit his cousin. His parents said that they can give him R500
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 R2 000 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 R1 200 and he will need to pay for 3 meals at
R30 per meal.
OPTION 2:
Leave Saturday morning and travel to Plettenberg Bay first. The trip costs only R400. He can then catch a bus on
Sunday morning to Durban. This bus trip will cost R500. If he does this he needs to find a place to stay on Saturday
night and budget for three extra meals (estimated at R30 each). He estimates that a Backpackers’ Lodge would be
the cheapest place to stay, at R200 a night.
a) Copy the above budget sheet and fill in the amounts for income and expenses in the correct columns for Option 1
and Option 2.
b) Would you advise Douglas to take Option 1 or Option 2? Explain your answer.
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Cost price & selling price
Cost of producing/manufacturing
The cost price of an item/service refers to the total cost involved in producing/manufacturing the item or
providing the service.
Understanding the cost price is essential in order to determine how much the item must be sold for or how much
must be charged for the service in order to cover the costs involved in making the item / service.
Example 4
Table 1: Doughnut costs
The „cost per batch‟ values in the last column are the important values with respect to determining the cost price of
the ingredients of the doughnuts since they reflect the cost of the required quantity of each ingredient needed for one
whole batch.
a) Show how all the cost per batch in column 4 were calculated.
b) Calculate the total cost of ingredients for one batch.
c) There are 24 doughnuts in a batch. Calculate the cost price of each doughnut in the batch.
IMPORTANTLY: This cost price only includes consideration of the cost of the ingredients. It does not include
electricity and water costs, or possible rental costs. It also only considers the cost of the ingredients bought in specific
quantity bags/containers. This cost price could change if different sized quantities of ingredients (at different prices)
were bought.
This cost price of R1,16 can be increased to an approximate cost of R1,30 per doughnut to account for other costs
that have not been considered.
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Test your understanding 2
Mvelenhle’s Joggit Suits are made of multi-coloured fleece material. His tops have no zips or buttons; they are pull-on
hoodies with a draw string, elastic cuffs and waist bands. On average, a Joggit hoodie requires 1 m of fabric, 135 cm
of draw cord, 120 cm of elastic for the waist band, and 20 cm of elastic for each cuff.
Joggit pants have elastic waist and ankle bands. They are made from plain-coloured fleece material. On average, a
pair of Joggit pants requires 1,9 m fabric, 120 cm of elastic for the waist band, and 40 cm per ankle.
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Appropriate selling price
The selling price is the price at which an item will be sold or a service provided.
This appropriate selling price needs to be higher than the cost price if all of the costs involved in making the item
or supplying the service are to be covered and a loss is to be avoided.
Once the cost priced has been determined, an acceptable profit margin or price mark-up must be determined.
The mark-up is added onto the cost price to create a profit.
An appropriate selling price is not simply determined by guessing or by choosing a much higher price than
the cost price in order to make as big a profit as possible.
Rather, the selling price must be guided by the cost price, and must also be informed by how much a similar
item sells for at other shops.
Example 5
If we may go back to the example of doughnuts:
If a doughnut sells for an average price of R5,00 at several other shops, then it does not make sense to sell the
doughnut for R15,00 because the buyers will feel that this is very expensive. A more appropriate selling price might
be R5,00 or even R7,50, or something similar that is not significantly different from the prices in other shops.
Percentage profit
When a business sells things, it needs to determine the cost at which it will sell each item.
This cost may be determined by a specific profit the business wants to make or by market related prices, i.e.
they should not be too cheap or too expensive.
The difference between the cost price and the selling price is the profit also known as the mark-up.
The mark-up (profit) may be given in Rand value or as a percentage.
To calculate the profit as a percentage we use the following equation:
If the cost and the percentage mark-up is known, then the sale price is the original cost plus the amount of
mark-up
The following formulae may be used to calculate the cost price, selling price, profit/loss and percentage profit:
𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 + 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 = 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 − 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡
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Example 6
a) Calculate the selling price, if the cost price is R400 and the mark-up is 25%.
b) The cost price of an item is R45,99 and the selling price is R65. Express the mark-up as a percentage.
c) T-shirt are marked up by 65% and sold for R135. Calculate the cost price.
d) The cost price for Joggit Suits is R137,67, and Mvelenhle proposed to sell her suit for R300 per unit.
Determine Mvelenhle’s projected profit per Joggit Suit:
i) In Rands
ii) As a percentage
1. Nandipha buys three different types of sunglasses in bulk and sells them at the flea market.
a) His mark-up in all sunglasses is 40%. Calculate the selling price for each brand. (9)
b) If she sells all the sunglasses, what will her profit be? (4)
c) After 8 months, she has sold only 4 brand C pairs. She decided to discount the selling price of brand C’s
sunglasses by 30%. What will be her total income be now, if she sells all of the remaining brand C glasses?
(4)
d) Has Nandipha made any profit on brand C’s sunglasses? (3)
e) Do you think it was a wise decision to mark the sunglasses down after 8 months? (2)
2. Two classes at Margot Fonteyn Secondary School, namely Grade 11A and Grade 11B are in competition with
each other. This competition is about raising funds for the school.
Grade 11A uses 125 millilitre cups and sells it at R2,00 each.
Grade 11B uses 250 millilitre cups and sells it at R3,50 each.
a) How many cups can Grade 11A sells from ONE 2-litre bottle? (3)
b) How many cups can Grade 11B sell from ONE 2-litre bottle? (3)
c) They bought the 2-litre cold drink for R8,99 each. From selling ONE 2-litre, Grade 11B claims their profit will
be greater than that of Grade 11A, because their cups are bigger and they charge more per cup. Show with
necessary calculations whether you agree or disagree with Grade 11B. (8)
d) Calculate the percentage profit that Grade 11A made on selling ONE 2-litre bottle.
𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭
Use the formula: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 × 𝟏𝟎𝟎
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3. The Department of Health advertised for companies to tender to supply sterile disposable rubber gloves to a local
clinic. Rubber gloves come in different sizes and are generally sold in boxes containing 50 pairs of the same size.
The clinic required 100 boxes of each of the following sizes of gloves: 6½, 7, 7½ and 8.
Mvelenhle Sciences Co-operative which is 100% black-owned, decided to submit a tender to the Department of
Health. It costs Mvelenhle Sciences R98,00 per box (excluding VAT) to manufacture the gloves, regardless of the
size of the gloves. Mvelenhle Sciences first adds a profit of 25% on the price of each box, and then charges a
further 20% for the transport and administration costs.
a) The table below shows Mvelenhle Sciences format for calculating the selling price of their gloves. Use the
table to determine the values of items A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Show all your calculations.
Item
Cost of manufacturing the required number of boxes A
Profit of 25% on the cost price B
Subtotal C=A+B
20% for transport and admission costs D
Subtotal E=C+D
15% VAT F
TOTAL SELLING PRICE OF THE GLOVES (also called Pt., G=E+F
the value of the tender consideration)
b) The Department of Health uses the following formula to make decisions about which company will be
granted the tender:
𝐏𝐭 − 𝐏𝐦𝐢𝐧
𝐏𝐬 = 𝟖𝟎 (𝟏 − ) + 𝟐, 𝟓
𝐏𝐦𝐢𝐧
Where:
Ps = point scored for the tender
Pt. = value of the tender under consideration (in Rand)
Pmin = lowest acceptable tender value (in Rand)
2,5 is only added in the case of a 100% black owned business
The lowest acceptable tender value (Pmin) for rubber gloves is R56 000. Use the total selling price (Pt.)
calculated in the above table to calculate Ps, the number of points scored by Mvelenhle Sciences Co-
operative.
c) The total selling price tendered (Pt.) by another company, Vanessa Enterprises, which is 100% white-
owned was R66 000. The Department of Health announced that the tender that scored the highest
number of points will be awarded the contract. Show, with the aid of the formula given in QUESTION b),
whether Mvelenhle Sciences or Vanessa Enterprises will be awarded the tender.
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4. Nothando makes jewellery on order, paid in advance. It costs her R45,00 to make a necklace and she sells it for
R125,00. She needs R5 000,00 to buy the equipment she needs to start the project. She applies for a R10 000,00
overdraft.
An overdraft account of R10 000,00 means that the account holder may withdraw only the
amount needed up to a maximum of R10 000,00, and pay back an instalment as agreed with
the bank.
d) Use the system of axes below to plot three graphs that represent the above data. Give your graph a
suitable title and label the axes accordingly.
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e) Use the graphs in d) above to answer the following questions.
i) Identify the dependent and independent variables.
ii) How many necklaces does Noluthando have to make before she start making a profit? Use the
letter ‘P’ to indicate on your graph where you take your reading.
iii) What profit does Sisanda make if she produces 210 necklaces?
5. Mr Sibisi’s daughter, a first year student did not manage to get accommodation on campus and get private
accommodation.
a) Calculate the total amount spent for the year on rent and food if she chooses a double room.
b) Staying in a double room costs less than staying in a single room. Give ONE reason for the difference in
costs,
Break-even analysis
The break-even value in a business or organisation refers to the amount of income that the business or
organisation must make in order to cover all expenses incurred in the running of the business.
In other words, the break-even point gives an indication of how much money a business/organisation must
make in order to make a profit.
Outside of a business context, the term „break-even‟ is used to refer to the values for which two things are equal: for
example:
The number of minutes of talk time for which the cost of talking on two different cell phone contracts is equal;
The number of units of electricity that must be used on two different systems for the cost of that usage to be
equal.
In order for a business to do well they need to be in control of their income and their expenses.
Income – Expenses = Profit.
The goal of every business is to make the maximum profit.
If the income is more than the expenses, the business makes a profit.
If the income is less than the expenses, the business makes a loss.
If the income is exactly the same as the expenses, the business breaks even.
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Test your understanding 4
1. The matriculants of Dumsani Makhaye Secondary are planning a matric farewell function and have a choice
between their school hall and the Central Hotel as a venue. If their school hall is used, the caterers will provide
the food and table decorations as well as the music at a cost of R110 per person.
The Central Hotel quotes a basic cost of R2 400 which covers the cost of the music and decorations. An
additional charge of R50 per person for food will be levied.
c) Determine the total cost if 50 tickets are sold for the function in their school hall.
e) Calculate the number of ticket sold if the cost of hiring the Central Hotel is R8 400.
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f) Use the grid provided below to draw two graphs using the data in TABLE 1 and TABLE 2. Make sure
you write a suitable title for your graphs, label the graphs as 1 and 2 and label the axes accordingly.
g) If there were 30 matriculants and each one brings a date to the function, which hall should they use?
Justify your answer.
2. Mr Sibisi has been given permission to sell study guides at Margot Fonteyn Secondary School at the beginning of
the school year. He has to give the school a once-off payment of R800 for the right to sell the study guides at the
school. He buys the packs from a wholesaler who charges R100 per pack (including VAT) if 50 or less packs are
bought, and 10% less if more than 50 packs are bought. He intends selling the stationery packs to the learners at
R140 a pack.
a) Write down Mr Sibisi's fixed cost.
b) Calculate the price of a pack when more than 50 packs are bought.
c) Mr Sibisi wants to draw two graphs to illustrate his income and expenses on the same system of axes.
The tables below illustrate Mr Sibisi's total income and total cost for different numbers of stationery packs.
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d) Use the given information to calculate the missing values A and B in the table.
e) Use the grid provided below and the values from TABLE 3 and TABLE 4 to draw the graphs to illustrate
Mr Sibisi's income and expenses for the different numbers of study guides bought. Make sure you
provide your graphs with suitable title, label each graph as income and expense and also label the axes
accordingly.
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Interest, Loans and Banking
Interest
Terminology
Interest is the amount of money paid in return for the use of someone else’s money.
Interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by a borrower for the use of money that they borrow from a
lender.
o Stress!!! That an interest rate is not an amount but a percentage such as 3%.
Borrower – the person who borrows money from somebody
Lender – the person/institution who lends money to the borrower. The money must be paid back.
Loan term – the period over which the money may be paid back
Repayment – the regular payment on the outstanding balance.
Per annum – per year
Principal amount – the original amount of money initially invested or borrowed
Simple interest – the interest calculated only on the principal amount, and is the same each time it is paid.
Total/Accumulated amount – the principal amount plus the interest.
Compound interest – interest calculated on the total/accumulated amount.
Interest can be paid on money which is invested in two different ways i.e. simple and compound.
Simple interest
With simple interest, the interest earned or paid on amount invested or borrowed stays the same.
If we know what the interest rate is, we can calculate the amount of interest quite simply.
The amount of interest payable depends on the interest rate.
o The lower the interest rate, the lesser the payment and,
o The higher the interest rate, the more the payment.
Example 6 - Loan
1. Ayanda borrowed R350,00 from his nephew at a simple interest rate of 6% per annum. Calculate the interest she
has to pay if the loan is repaid after
a) one year
b) two years
c) three months
d) Calculate the total amount after three years.
2. Jeffrey wants to buy a bicycle. He then borrowed R800 from his uncle and promised to pay it back in 3 months at
a simple interest rate of 5%.
a) Write down the principal amount.
b) Determine the total amount Jan has to pay.
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Calculating the interest rate
If you are given the final amount, then you follow these steps to find the interest rate:
o Find the difference between the final amount and the original amount, this gives you the amount of
interest.
o Work out what percentage the amount of interest is of the principal amount.
Example 7 – Loan
Jeffrey paid his uncle a total amount R920 after borrowing R800 to buy a bicycle. Determine the interest rate that was
charged.
2. Zamadumbe borrows his niece R200 for two years at a rate of 7% simple interest. Below is a table showing
Zamadumbe’s money increase in the first two years
Year 1 2 3 4
Amount at the start of the year R200 R214
Interest earned R14 R14
Total amount at the end of the year R214 R228
Copy and complete the table by filling in the amount of money Zamadumbe would have earned at the end of each
year from year 2 to year 10.
Discuss with learners to determine why it is sometimes better to take up loans or borrow money from family members.
If one takes up a loan from a bank or financial institution, the person needs to have proof of earnings and
other guarantees before the bank or financial institution grants the loan.
Therefore it might be a better idea or easier to make an informal loan agreement with family members.
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Example 7 – Investment
Use the completed table in Test your understanding 4 QUESTION 2 to draw the linear graph indicting the simple
interest. Use the system of axes given below.
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d) How much was the investment at the end of the fifth year?
e) How much interest did the investment accumulate at the end of the investment period? Show all calculations.
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Compound interest
Compound interest increases because the interest is added to the lump sum so you calculate the interest on a
bigger lump sum for every year.
Unlike simple interest, Compound interest is calculated on the total/accumulated amount.
o Interest increases constantly.
o It yields more interest over time than simple interest.
In compound interest, you also earn interest on interest.
In compound interest, interest can be compounded:
o Daily, monthly, quarterly, half yearly (semi-annual), annually
o The table below shows what happen to interest rate and investment/repayment period when
compounded as above
Example 8 - Investment
1. Senzo invests R13 000 in an account at an interest rate of 8,5% compounded annually.
a) Calculate the interest rate after 1 year
b) Determine the amount on which the interest for the second year will be calculated copy and complete the
table below:
End of year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Interest earned for the year 0 R1 145,50
Value of investment in rand 13 000 13 647,50
2. Jeffrey wants to buy a bicycle. He then borrowed R800 from his uncle and promised to pay it back in 3 months at
a compound interest rate of 5%.
3. Senzo invests R13 000 in an account at an interest rate of 12% compounded quarterly.
c) Calculate the interest rate after 2 year
d) Determine the accumulated amount after 3 years.
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Test your understanding 6
1. Sabelo invests R14 500 at 12% interest rate compounded annually.
a) Calculate the value of the investment for one year up to five years.
b) Draw up your own table for five years for to show the years of investment and the value of the investment
at the end of each investment period.
c) Represent the information from the table in the form of a graph. Label the axes accordingly and give your
graph a suitable title. Use the system of axes given below.
d) How much was the investment at the end of the fifth year?
e) How much interest did the investment accumulate at the end of the investment period?
2. Sphumelele’s daughter invested R2 000 for 2 years in order to buy a smartphone that cost R4 999. She
approached a bank that offered her interest rate of 25% compounded half yearly for a period of 2 years. She
claims that by the end of 2 years she will be able to buy this phone.
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Banking
You can save money by depositing a lump sum into an account and leaving it there for a fixed period of time
to earn interest.
o For example depositing R700 into an account for four years.
You can also save money by making regular payments into an account over a period of time.
o For example, paying R100 a month into an account for four years.
Example 9
At ABC bank an initial deposit of R50 is required for a special savings account designed for young people. Interest is
calculated at 12% p.a. compounded monthly. Felicia decides to save R80 per month at ABC bank. Determine how
much Felicia will have at the end of 5 months.
The information can be presented in a table form as shown below, complete the table by showing all calculations
required in your notebook.
Month Amount at the Interest earned New deposit Total amount at the end
start amount of the month
1 R80 0,012 × R80 = R0,96 R80 R160,96
2 R160,96 0,01 × R160,96 = R1,93 R80 R242,89
3 R242,89 R80
4 R80
5 R80
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Banking terms and their meaning
Bank account
Bank accounts offer a secure place for individuals, businesses or corporations to keep their money.
Bank accounts differ and they don’t all allow for the same access to money or charge the same fees or give the
same interest.
There are various types of bank accounts. These include:
o Current/cheque accounts,
o savings accounts,
o fixed deposit accounts, etc.
Savings account
Most people open a savings account, which pays interest.
The account is suitable for short-term savings (savings that will be used within a year for something like school
fees).
Below is a table comparing the advantages and disadvantages of a savings account:
Advantages Disadvantages
The account allows customers to earn The liquid assets cannot be used directly as money
money on their liquid assets in the form of
interest
It allow regular access to money Interest is only added onto the account at the end of the month
Withdrawals from savings account are occasionally costly and
are sometimes time-consuming
Due to liquidity of this type of account, interest rates are low.
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Test your understanding 9
1. Explain the following baking terms
a) Liquid assets
b) Overdraft
c) Credit limit
d) Debit card
e) Bank charge
f) Stop order
2. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a savings account in a tabular form
Cheque account
It is also called a transactional account and people use it to make regular transactions like withdrawals,
deposits and payments.
Cheque account
Advantages Disadvantages
The account provides funds for withdrawal or payment in They tend not to earn interest rate but attract high interest
a variety of forms including cheques, stop orders debit rates and penalties if overdrawn
orders, electronic and/or telephonic transfers
It is meant for the convenience of the individual or Transaction fees are charged on most transactions in and
business in terms of access to funds when needed out of the account
Interest is calculated daily but only paid into the account
at the end of each month.
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Bank cards
A bank card such as a credit card or a debit card is usually used to access one’s money in one’s account.
A debit card is a small plastic card issued by a bank or financial institution for the purpose of buying goods and
services with money that comes directly from one’s own account.
Debit cards have tired interest rates (different interest rates in different monetary intervals).
A credit card is a small plastic card that is issued by a bank or financial institution for the purpose of buying
goods and services on credit.
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Inflation
Inflation is a measure of the change in the purchasing power of money over time.
inflation represents the average increase in the prices of a variety of goods and services over time and that
different items can have different inflation rates
Purchasing power tells you the relative value of money in one year compared to another year, as a
percentage.
Inflation rates are given as percentages.
o It is the average rate (%) by which the prices of products have increased over a period of time.
Inflation is given as a percentage increase per annum.
To determine the inflation rate, banks refer to a “basket” of goods of which the prices are compared over time. If
the cost of the “basket” increases with a specific percentage that indicates the interest rate.
The inflation rate shows us with what percentage goods and services have increased over a specific time. This does
not mean that everything in the country has increased by that percentage, but it gives us an idea of the average
increase.
Even when there is a decrease in the inflation rate it does not mean that goods become cheaper, it only means that
their prices increase, but with a smaller percentage (slower rate).
Inflation causes the worth of money to decrease – you cannot buy the same amount of goods with the same amount
of money.
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Example 10 – Inflation
The graph below shows the inflation rate over three years with regards to car parts.
a) Did the price of motor parts increase or decrease according to the graph? Explain your answer.
b) In December 2014 the price of sparkplugs was R119,95 per set. Calculate their price in December 2017.
1. Last year Banele spent R 500 on the catering of her family birthday dinner. It was such a success that she
decided to make exactly the same meal this year but to serve it to her favourite friends. She went to the
supermarket and bought the same ingredients but was surprised to have to pay R535 this time.
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2. The average inflation rates for the period of 2006 to 2010 are shown in the table.
b) Name one thing that may have influenced the cost of a taxi trip increasing so dramatically in 2008.
c) Samkelo looked at the table and said “If the inflation rate went down in 2010 then things would be
cheaper in 2010 than in 2009”. Do you agree with her? Explain.
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Maps, plans
and other
representations
TERM THREE AND FOUR
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EXAMPLES OF THE SYMBOLS USED ON PLAN LAYOUT
Elevation plans
Shows the different side views of a building i.e. north/south/east/west side view or elevation.
Gives a complete outside structure of a building.
Always drawn to scale.
Shows different wall features such as doors and windows.
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Example 1
RDP houses are built with bricks to assist low income people with proper houses. They have pitch roofs with the area
of 51,8 m2. Study this floor plan and answer the question below it.
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Test your understanding 1
1. Mr and Mrs Sibisi retired recently. They intend to move to a complex for senior citizens which is still in a
developmental stage. They were provided with several floor plans from which they could choose the type of
house which may fit their lifestyle. They were allowed to suggest a reorganisation of the inside layout, but the
exterior walls must remain as shown on the plan. Use the plans and information provided below to answer the
questions that follow.
a) Explain which rooms in the plan will be warmer than the others during the winter months, if no heating
equipment is switched on. Substantiate your answer(s). (2)
b) Use a compass direction to appropriately replace the C in “C – Elevation”. (3)
c) Name the rooms without windows on this plan. Discuss any challenge that an occupant of the building
may experience due to the lack of windows. (2)
d) Explain one layout change that you will make to this house if you were buying the house. Substantiate
your suggested change. (4)
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2. Emihle and Khethamahle are the newly-weds. They plan to build a house using the floor plan and elevations
shown below.
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Models
Show diagrams/nets of packaging containers for various shapes.
Show diagrams/nets of packaging arrangements of various containers or items.
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Example 2
1. Samkelo buys rectangular boxes with reels of thread for stitching stockings. The radius of a cylindrical reel is 11,5
mm.
Determine the maximum number of reels of thread that will fit exactly into a rectangular box that is 120 mm wide
and 195 mm long. Show ALL calculations
2. Determine the maximum number of cylindrical spice bottles with a radius of 2,2 cm that can be put in the rack if
the packaging length is 50,5 cm.
a) If the diameter of one coloured pencil is 7mm and the length 17,5 cm, calculate how many coloured
pencils can fit into the three containers. (8)
b) The teacher packs some of the coloured pencils as follow in each of the containers; 3 red, 2 blue, 2 green
and 3 orange. Calculate the probability that if a pencil is taken from all containers it will be a red pencil.
Write your answer as a percentage. (3)
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2. 5 litre paint are packed in shop for delivery in big rectangular boxes. An example of these boxes are shown
below. The diagrams are not drawn to scale
There are two rectangular boxes and their dimensions are as follows:
a) The packers argue that if they use Box A for packaging the paint tins, they will be able to pack more than
two time the paint tins in Box B.
Use calculations to prove if their argument is valid or not (6)
b) A truck carrying 20 boxes of box B with 5 litre paint tins has an accident and all the paint is spilt. How
much in Rand will be lost.
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Assembly diagrams
Show diagrams/pictures/nets of complete items
They use symbols for the different components of an item.
They have written instructions on how to put the different components together.
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Example 3
The bowline is a knot that’s used to form a fixed loop on the end of a rope. In sailing, it’s commonly used to attach a
line to the head of a sail. The picture below show how to tie a bowline. The pictures are not in the correct order.
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Test your understanding 3
1. The diagrams below show a set of labelled assembly instructions (not in order of assembly) to build a toy car with
Lego blocks.
a) Write down the correct order of the assembly instructions to build the toy car using the letters A, B, C, D
and E.
b) Which letter (A, B, C, D or E) fits the instructions, ‘Flip over the part-assembly?
c) A can of Lego blocks contains 20 red blocks, 25 blue blocks, 28 green blocks, 30 blacks blocks and 27
white blocks. A block is randomly selected from the can.
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2. Zoleka bought herself a cellphone. She wants to insert her SIM card into the phone and have to follow the
instructions as shown in the illustrations below.
Briefly explain the steps that Zoleka needs to take to insert the SIM card (6)
3. Study the second last stage of assembling a learner’s desk below and answer the questions that follow
a) Determine the number of screws needed to fix two of these school desks (2)
b) The direction in which the screw is tightened. Is it clockwise or anticlockwise? (2)
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