LEARNER WORKBOOK

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: MIXED FARMING SYSTEM

SAQA ID 48971 LEVEL 1 – 120 CREDITS..

SAQA -7451

COLLECT, ANALYSE, USE AND COMMUNICATE NUMERICAL DATA

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I(Learner)…………………………………………………………………………………………….herewith declare
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assessment process and I am happy that the assessment will be conducted in a fair manner.
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Learner Workbook Information
This Workbook has been designed and developed to evaluate learners’ level of understanding relating to the
following skills program or unit standard: COLLECT, ANALYSE, USE AND COMMUNICATE NUMERICAL
DATA, which has been developed for the qualification: NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: MIXED FARMING
SYSTEM
SAQA ID 48971 LEVEL 1 – 120 CREDITS... Learners will be evaluated on the specific outcomes and/or
assessment criteria of the following SAQA Registered Unit Standard(s), which represent the Formative Assessment
component:

US ID US Title Level Credits

COLLECT, ANALYSE, USE AND COMMUNICATE NUMERICAL
7451 1 2
DATA

Instructions to Facilitators and Learners

Facilitators will be required to:
 Explain the completion of the workbook to each learner.
 Interview the learner on similar questions, should he/she not be able to write.
Learners will be required to:
 Complete the workbook as per the instructions.
 Ensure that all questions are completed.
 Ensure that the workbook is completed and authentic.
 Ensure that all annexure are attached to the workbook and clearly referred to.

Total Marks & Equipment

In order to meet the pass mark, learners are required to achieve a minimum of 80% of the total marks, and learners
are required to have the following equipment in order to complete this workbook:
 Pen and Pencil
 Ruler
 Exam Pad – for additional paper.

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Outcomes
Learners credited with this unit standard will be able to:
 Prepare for soil nutrient applications using specialized equipment.
 Supervise the collection of samples, storage and dispatch of samples to appropriate service provider.
 Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of soil and how these impact on plant nutrition and soil
preparation.
 Identify and interpret symptoms of nutritional deficiencies in different crops and make basic
recommendations.
 Supervise and implement soil preparation and remediation.

Assessment Criteria
The assessment process involves collecting and interpreting evidence about the learner’s ability to perform a task,
which will be achieved through a combination of formative and summative assessments. In this guide there may be
assessments in the form of activities, assignments, tasks or projects, as well as workplace practical tasks. The learner
is to perform these tasks and provide required and authentic evidence in their portfolio of evidence.
To qualify and receive credits towards the learning programme or unit standard, a registered assessor and moderator
will conduct an evaluation and assessment of the learner’s portfolio of evidence and competency.

Learner Responsibility
The responsibility of learning rest with the learner, so:
 Be proactive and ask questions,
 Seek assistance and help from your facilitators, if required.

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 Learning
US: 7451, NQF Level 1 Worth 2 Credits

Unit 1 COLLECT, ANALYSE, USE AND COMMUNICATE NUMERICAL DATA

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

 Identify situations for investigation and data collection, collect data;
 Classify and analyse data;
Unit Standard  Summarise and display organised data;
Purpose  Extract and interpret information from various forms of display, communicate
findings and critically evaluate information; and
 Demonstrate understanding of the concept of chance and simple probabilities.

The following competency at ABET Numeracy level 3 is assumed to be in place:

Learning
Assumed to be in The ability to construct and use tables and graphs to organise and interpret
Place information.

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 Session 1 IDENTIFY SITUATIONS FOR INVESTIGATION AND DATA COLLECTION AND
COLLECT NUMERICAL DATA
SO 1

 Situations for data collection are identified in terms of the purpose for data collection
Learning  Appropriate methods are selected to collect data.
Outcomes  A variety of appropriate data collection methods are used to collect data from primary and
secondary sources.
(Assessment
 The potential misuse of data achieved through the data collection method is described
Criteria)
 Reasons for and limitations of using sampling are described

Activity
1 What steps must one follow before presenting data?

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2 Give examples of formats of presenting data.

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3 Give examples of date that can be presented in one of these formats.

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 4 What type of data can be collected?
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5 What is the data table and what can it be used for?

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 Activity
A loaf of bread will increase monthly at R0,79 per m calculate the value of bread
6 selling at R7,26 in December, how much will it be selling at in june draw a table
to show your answer.
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Activity
7 What is frequincy in terms of data?
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 Activity
8 What is an average and how does it apply in data?

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9 What is a madien and how does it work in data?
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Session 2 CLASSIFY AND ANALYSE NUMERICAL DATA

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 SO 2

Learning 
Outcomes  Data is organized for meaningful analysis
 Analytical tools are used correctly and appropriately to analyze the data.
(Assessment
 The differences between and uses of mean, median and mode are described
Criteria)

Activity
10 What is a graph In terms of data?
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Activity
11 How does each of the diagrams shown below work?

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12 When do we use histograms?
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What is the name of the graph show below and what is the meaning of the data
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14 When does a bar graph feature when collecting data?
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Activity
A farmer wants to compare the amount of fuel used by a number of vehicles on
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his farm. He has summarized the data in a table.
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16 How does a pie graph works?
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Activity
In a community, a researcher named Janet is collecting information about how
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community and arrives home with the following data:

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work out and transfer this date to the pie graph.
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Session 3
SUMMARISE AND DISPLAY ORGANISED NUMERICAL DATA
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Learning  The form of display is appropriate to the data and context, and is justified in terms of
Outcomes its appropriateness
 The scale is selected and used for a reasonable presentation of the data, and the scale
(Assessment
is justified in terms of its reasonableness
Criteria)
 Different forms of display are identified and evaluated in terms of their purposes

Activity
18 What does probability means?
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Activity
Every Saturday night we watch the lotto and the winner of the game show gets to
draw a ball from a variety of balls in a round canister. We want to work out what
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the probability is of the winner drawing the red ball, which will make him the
winner of a car.
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Facilitator Feedback & Remarks

Assessment Judgement

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