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Fundamental Mathematics
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 Summative Assignment
Fundamental Mathematics
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Activity 1

Identify each of the following statistics as either descriptive or inferential: (8)

i) In 2001, 23,8% of Asian households in South Africa owned a Television set.

ii) Households with children under the age of 18 years are more likely to have access to the
Internet, (62%0, than families with no children, (53%).

iii) Graham Pollock’s lifetime batting average is 122.

iv) The average Grade 10 English score at a local high school in 2004 was 33%.

Activity 2

Consider the following table form Stats SA and answer the questions below:

Population 16 years and above, in urban and non-urban areas, by province and gender (StatsSA)

i) What does column 2 represent? (2)

ii) What does column 5 represent? (2)

iii) Which column represents the number of males living in non-urban areas? (2)

iv) If you wanted to find the total number of people, 16 years and older, living in a

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 certain province, which column would you look in? (2)

v) How many males, 16 years and older, live in urban areas in Kwa-Zulu-Natal? (2)

Activity 3.1

Every year millions of man days are lost because of people striking. A man day is one workday for
one person. In other words, if 20 people strike for one day, 20-man days are lost. If 20 people
strike for 2 days, 40-man days are lost. Look at this table of man days lost because of strikes:
Years 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Man,
days
9 1.5 3 4 3.5 4 3.5 1.5 1.5 0.5
lost (in
millions

Draw a bar graph to represent the data in the table. Label the axes of your graph.
(20)

Activity 3.2

The Human Resources Manager of a company employing 200 workers conducts a survey to
investigate whether there is a relationship between the age of workers and the number of days
they are absent per year. He takes a sample of 15 files and records the age and the number of
days absent of the workers in the sample. He then plots the results of the survey on the following
scatter graph:

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 i) Do you think the department would decide that there is a correlation between the
number of days absent and the age of workers? If yes, describe the correlation (positive
or negative?) and explain. (5)
ii) Use your ruler to draw a line of best fit. (2)

iii) Using your line of best fit, estimate: (2)

 How many days a 35-year-old worker can be expected to be absent in a year.
 The age of a worker who is likely to be absent for 3 days in a year.
iv) How can this kind of data be contaminated? How can the survey results be biased? (2)
v) What is the major assumption of the Human Resources Manager in the above survey? (2)

Activity 4

The following data give the number of daily and Sunday newspapers published in each of 13 areas
during 2000:

7, 16, 92, 29, 6, 12, 11, 8, 18, 19, 6, 24, 9

a) Calculate the following, using the above data: (12)

i) mean
ii) median
iii) standard deviation
iv) interquartile range for these data.

b) What type of data is this? (2)

Activity 5

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Explain the meaning of the following terms, related to mathematics: 12 x 2 = (24)

1. Parameter 2. Statistics
3. Sample 4. Population
5. Variable 6. Constant
7. Measurable 8. Sum
9. Difference 10. Product
11. Quotient 12. Ration

Activity 6

What is the formula for Empirical Probability (2)

Activity 7

In a pack of cards, there are 52 cards. There are 4 suits: diamonds, hearts, spades and
clubs. Each suit has a King, a Queen, a Jack and an Ace. It also has cards for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
10. If the pack has been shuffled so that the cards are in no particular order, and you select one
card from the pack without looking, what is the probability of selecting:
a) a Queen
b) a red Queen
c) a Jack of Hearts
d) a Jack of Hearts or Diamonds
e) any club
f) a six or a seven
g) a black six
h) a picture card (Jack, Queen or King) 3 X 8 = 24

Activity 8

If Event A = rolling a total of 5 with 2 dice, what is the probability that event A will occur? (3)

Underline all the possible outcomes to help you with the calculation and answer the question below:

1:1 2:1 3:1 4:1 5:1 6:1

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 1:2 2:2 3:2 4:2 5:2 6:2

1:3 2:3 3:3 4:3 5:3 6:3

1:4 2:4 3:4 4:4 5:4 6:4

1:5 2:5 3:5 4:5 5:5 6:5

1:6 2:6 3:6 4:6 5:6 6:6

Calculation

Total outcomes where the total is 5: ______

Total possible outcomes: 36
P(A) =

Activity 9

The following table shows the outcomes of 20 matches:

Warm Up Time Lisa Wins (A) Gregory wins (A’) Total

Less than 10 min (B) 4 9 13

10 min or more (B’) 5 2 7

Total 9 11 20

The events of interest are:

 Event A: Lisa wins the tennis match.

 Event B: warm up time is less than 10 minutes.
 Event A’: Gregory wins the tennis match.

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  Event B’: Warm up time is 10 minutes or more.

Calculate P[A], P[B], P[A’], P[B’] 4 X 3 = (12)

Activity 10

i) Define a budget. (5)

ii) What are the steps to be followed for company budgetary control? (4)

(Write down the 4 steps only)

iii) What is the difference between assurance and insurance? (6)

iv) What is an annuity? (4)

v) What is a bond? (5)

vi) What is inflation? (5)

Activity 11

A course at the Institute of Business Management costs R10 000 rand. It is estimated that course
fees will increase by 8% p/a (compound interest). If Tammy is planning to do a course in 5 years’
time, what would the course fee be then? (Use the formula for compound interest) (3)

P = 10 000

r = 8% = 8/100 = 0.08 per year

n = 5 years

Calculate A.

Activity 12

Bheki's house is valued at R200 000. If houses in his neighbourhood are appreciating at

a rate of 12% p.a., what can he expect to sell his house for after two years? (Compound interest)

Show your calculations. (5)

Activity 13

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If an amount of R 100 000 accrues simple interest at 12% p.a:

i) What would the interest be after one year? (Show calculations) (2)
ii) What would the total interest be after 5 years? (Show calculations) (2)
iii) What would the total amount with interest be after 5 years? (Show calculations) (2)

Activity 14

i) Rent and wages are examples of fixed costs or variable costs of a business? (1)

ii) Materials consumed during production will be fixed costs of variable costs. (1)

Activity 15

Convert each of the following to the unit shown. (21)

1m = mm 1,3 m = mm 1,36 m = mm

1,368 m = mm 2,35 m = mm 1m = cm

1,45 m = cm 12,4 m = cm 2ℓ = mℓ

2,4 ℓ = mℓ 3,75 ℓ = mℓ 4,625 ℓ = mℓ

3000 mm = m 3780 m = km 0,368 kg = g

0,75 km = m 20 000 m² = ha 3,5 ha = m²

2500 kg = t 3,2 t = kg 10 t = kg

Activity 16

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 1. Look at the drawing of a house and look at the table showing the relationship between the

length on the drawing (mm) and the actual length of the building and answer the questions:

Length on drawing (mm) 10 20 30 40 50 60

Actual length on building (cm) 240 480 720 960 1200 1440

i) What is the actual length between points A and B? (Answer in mm and m) (2)
ii) What is the actual length between points B and C? (Answer in mm and m) (2)
iii) What is the actual length between points D and E? (Answer in mm and m) (2)
What is the actual length between points F and G? (Answer in mm and m) (2)
iv) If the length between two points on the actual building is 960 cm, what length will be drawn? (2)
v) If the length between two points on the actual building is 360 cm, what length will be drawn? (2)

2. Which type of measuring tool would you use if an accuracy of more than 1mm is required? (1)

3. Convert into cm²: (4)

i) 10 m² =
ii) 10 000 mm² =
iii) 0,25 m² =
iv) 12,6 mm² =

4. Convert into m²: (4)

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 i) 2 x 108 cm² =
ii) 3 x 106 mm² =
iii) 2,48 x 104 cm² =
iv) 0, 000 0034 km² =

Activity 17

1. Directions: Using a protractor, measure each angle (n). Classify each angle as acute, right,
obtuse, straight or reflex. Give the measurement and angle classification. 2 x 4 = (8)

i) Measure =

Angle Classification =

ii) Measure =

Angle Classification =

iii) Measure =

Angle Classification =

iv) Measure =

Angle Classification =

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2. Determine the length of the diagonal of a square with sides of 100mm. (6)
(Use Pythagoras’ Theorem)

3. A ladder, 24m long, leans against a vertical wall and touches it 18m above the ground. How far
is the foot of the ladder from the wall? (6)
(Use Pythagoras’s Theorem)

4. Two cars start at the same point. One travels north at 65 km/h and the other travels east at 50
km/h. How far are they apart after 30 minutes? (6)

5. In the following trapezium, find the area of ABCDE. (7)

Total: 250

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