Grade 12 Mathematical Literacy

LO2 Revision of Grade 10 and 11

1. The population of a town is 16 500. If it increases by 2,5% each year, what will the population be after 5 years? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. HINT: use the compound interest formula. 2. The table below shows the number of days (D) it takes a number of workers to complete a specific task. Number of workers (n) Time in days (D) 2.1 2.2 1 60 2 30 3 20 4 15 5 12

Represent the above information graphically. One worker noticed that the relationship could be expressed as
D= constant n

Find the value of the constant. 2.3

2.4

How many days will it take 10 workers to complete the task? If the task has to be completed in 15 days, how many workers will be needed?

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3. Cellphone provider Asti quotes a basic fee of R75 per month and R2 per minute for calls. Cellphone provider Billa quotes a basic fee of R60 per month and R2,75 per minute for calls. Use this information to answer the questions that follow: 3.1 Copy and complete the table below: 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Airtime 0 in minutes (t) Astis 75 cost in rand:

CA
Billas cost in rand:
CB

60

3.2 3.3

For which value of t are the costs for Asti and Billa equal? What do we call the value of t in 3.2 above? Will there be another break-even point? Explain. Which companies quote would you prefer? Explain.

3.4 3.5

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4. The solutions of a quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0 are given by the formula

x= b b 2 4ac 2a

where a represents the coefficient of x, b represents the coefficient of x and c represents the constant term. Use the formula above to calculate the solutions of the following quadratic equations: 4.1 4.2 4.3
5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4

9 x 2 3x 2 = 0 6x 2 + 5x + 1 = 0 2 x 2 + 12x + 80 = 0

Write 2y 4 x = 10 in the form y = m x + c . What do we call

m and c in the above equation?

What is the gradient and y-intercept of the graph of y = 2 x + 3 ? How can you use the gradients and y-intercept to draw the graph of y = 2 x + 3 ?

ANSWERS
1.
A = P (1 + i n ) 100

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A = 16500 (1 +

2,5 5 ) 100

Population = 18 668 people 2.1

Number of days per worker
70 Number of days 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 2 3 Number of workers 4 5 Time in days

2.2 Constant = 60 the maximum number of days for one worker. 2= 2.3
10 =
6 0 3 0

60 n

n =

60 =6 10

workers

2.4

15 =

60 n

n =

60 =4 15

workers

3.1 Airtime 0 in minutes (t) Astis 75 cost in rand:

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

95

115

135

155

175

195

215

235

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CA
Billas cost in rand:
CB

60

87,5

115

142,5 170

197,5 225

252,5 280

3.2 At t 20 the costs for Asti and Billa are equal. 3.3 The independent variable. 3.4 No. The cost of Billa will continue to be higher than Asti. 3.5 If you use less than 20 minutes of airtime per month, then Billa is your cheapest option, but if you use more than 20 minutes of airtime per month, then Asti is your cheaper option.

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4.1

9 x 2 3x 2 = 0 x= b b 2 4ac 2a

( 3) + ( 3)2 4(9)( 2) 2(9) ( 3) ( 3)2 4(9)( 2) x2 = 2(9) 3 +9 3 9 x1 = x2 = 18 18 x1 =

= 3 (0,67) 4.2
6 x 2 = 5x + 1 = 0 x= b b 2 4ac 2a 5 + 52 4( 6)(1) x1 = 2( 6)

1 = 3 (-0,33)

5 52 4(6)(1) 2(6) 5 +1 x1 = 12 x2 =

x2 =

5 1 12

1 = 3 (-0,33)

1 2

(-0,5)

4.3

2 x 2 + 12 x + 80 = 0 x= b b 2 4ac 2a

x1 =

12 + 12 2 4( 2)( 80 ) 2( 2) 12 12 2 4( 2)( 80 ) 2( 2)

x2 =

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x1 =

12 + 28 4

x2 =

12 28 4

= -4 5.1 2y 4x = 10 =y=
4 x + 10 2

= 10

= y = 2x + 5 5.2 5.3 m is always the gradient and c is always the y-axis intercept. The gradient is 2 and the y-intercept is 3.

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5.4

y = 2x + 3 y=3 -3 = 2x
x= 3 2

x = -1 First draw a set of axes labelled x and y; Plot a point 3 on the y-axis; Plot a point -1 on the x-axis; Connect the points with a straight line.

To confirm that your graph is correct, check that your gradient is correct. Divide the 3 on the y-axis by the -1,5 on the x axis. The answer is two, which is the correct gradient for this line graph.

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