MATHEMATICAL

LITERACY
National curriculum statement caps

GRADE 11
QUATERLY EXAM
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY

MARKS 100 DURATION 1

hour

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer all questions

2. Non programmable calculators may be used
3. Number the questions appropriately in accordance to the numbering system.
4. Appropriate mathematical instruments may be used
5. This question paper consists of 5 pages and 5 questions

Examiner: MR F Ngubane
Moderator: MR Mdepha
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BLAC
K
CHIL
D TS QUESTION 1
PTY
LTD Without rounding off, convert 2,35 L to ml.
1.1 2

1.2 Determine the total price of 2,5 kilograms of meat costing R63,99 per kilogram. 3

1.3 Write 0,0528 as a common fraction in simplified form. 3

1.4 Convert 23,005 litres to millilitres. 2

1.5 Convert R3850 to euros if the exchange ratio is 1 = R10,2584. 2

1.6 MR Mdepha had to attend a meeting that was scheduled to start at 13:15.
At what time did he arrive at the meeting if he arrived 1 hour 18 minutes early? 3

1.7 Simplify: 1,009 million R 950k 3

1.8 Simplify: 25% of R350 R5,60c 3

1.9 Convert the following

1.9.1 10minutes into hours 2

1.9.2 96 hours into days 2

Total question 1 25

QUESTION 2
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Mdepha and Nobantu are engaged and plan to get married. They are planning their wedding reception.
They plan to invite 67 couples and 16 single persons as the only guests to the reception.
BLAC
K table below is an extract from the budget for the wedding reception.
The
CHIL
D TS Table 1 Extract from the budget for the wedding reception
Reception
PTY costs
Venue R 22 100
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Catering R 34 200
Drinks R 7 650
Weeding cake R
Subtotal R 66 450
Other expenses
Flowers and decorations

Subtotal
TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT R 125 000

NOTE Currency 1 rand = 0,32253 Ghanaian cedi GHC

Use the table above to answer the following questions.

2.1 Determine the total number of guests they plan to invite to their wedding reception. 2

2.2 Show how the catering cost was determined if the cost per person is R 225. 2

2.3 Determine the missing value for the wedding cake. 4

2.4 Express the total reception cost as a percentage of the total budgeted amount 3
2.5 Calculate the cost of the flowers and decorations if it is 1.8% of the total budgeted amount.

Mdephas father who lives in Ghana offers to contribute 30 000 Ghanaian cide towards the wedding
reception costs.

2.6 Determine the amount in rands that Nobantu and Mdepha will have to contribute to the reception
costs to meet the overall budgeted amount. 5
Mdephas father offered to pay for Nobantus wedding ring, which costs R 1 349, excluding 14% VAT.
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2.7 Calculate the selling price, round off to the nearest cedi of Nobantus wedding ring, including VAT.
BLAC 5
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2.8 Identify ONE expense, other than flowers and dcor that could be included in the budget and briefly
CHIL
explain this expense. 2
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PTY
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Total question 2 23

QUESTION 3
Master and Bonolo uses the following recipe to make chocolate muffins:

Study the following table of recipe below.

Recipe formula table

2 Large eggs
2 cups of flour
2
3 cup of baking cocoa

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

1
2 cup of sugar

2 teaspoon of baking soda

1
2 teaspoon of salt
1
3 cup of sunflower oil

4
3 cup of milk

3.1 If 1 teaspoon = 5ml, calculate how much baking soda Bonolo and Master will use. Give your
answer in ml. 2
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3.2 Calculate the amount of vanilla Bonolo and Master will use in the recipe.
BLAC
Give your answer in ml. 2
K
CHIL
3.3 Bonolo and Master do not own measuring cups, but they own a measuring jug calibrated in ml.
D TS
How many ml of flour do they need? 1 cup = 250 ml.
PTY
2
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3.4 if Master buys a 100ml bottle of vanilla essence, how many times will he be able to use the same
bottle, if he bakes the same amount of muffins each time? 2
3.5 The recipe above is used to make 30 muffins. Calculate how many cups of flour they need to make
45 muffins. 4

Total question 3 12

QUESTION 4
Contract workers are employed for a fixed period of time. The following advertisement for contract
positions, appeared in the newspaper, the JOBMAIL on the 07 April 2016:
POSITION DURATION OF THE STARTING DATE MONTHLY SALARIES
CONTRACT
Accounts manager 4 months Immediately R 25 000
Hotel coordinator 4 months Immediately R 20 000
Administration 3 months 1 May 2016 R 15 000
Coordinator
Data manager 4 months Immediately R 22 000

4.1 Arrange the contract positions in order according to the corresponding ascending order of the
monthly salaries. 4
4.2 Calculate the total income that the data manager will receive for the duration of the contract.

4.3 What is the termination date for the position of administration coordinator? 2

4.4 write down, in simplified form the ratio of the monthly salaries of the account manager
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To that of the administrator coordinator. 3

BLACexpress the salary of the administrator coordinator and hotel manager as a percentage, round
4.5
K off to the nearest. 4
CHIL
4.6 Determine the mean salaries. 3
D TS
PTY Determine the range in salaries
4.7 3
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4.8 Determine the mode in months of the contracts 3

4.9 Determine the median of the salaries 3

4.10 Arrange the monthly salaries in a descending order 2

Total question 4 30

QUESTION 5
A factory produces chocolate cake. The dimensions of the large cake are shown below.

V = r 2 h

useful formulas:

A= r 2

SA=2 r ( r +h )

5.1 Calculate the Area of the cake 2

5.2 calculate the Surface Area of the cake 4

5.3 Calculate the Volume 4

Total marks for the exam 100