CALA

COMPONENT E

SUBJECT MATHEMATICS

LEVEL O’LEVEL

CALA TYPE PROBLEM SOLVING

TOPIC ALGEBRA INEQUALITIES

SUBTOPIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING

BACKGROUND

Sometimes we are faced with complex decisions to make. Mathematical skills can be applied to solve such problems.
For example Mr. Ruzani, a poultry farmer keeps chickens and turkeys and wants to sell some of his stock to raise
money to buy some feeds. He wants to sell at least 5 chickens and not more than 8 turkeys. The number of turkeys
he wishes to sell should be equal or more than the number of chickens. A chicken costs $6 and a turkey costs $8. Let
x be the number of chickens and y be the number of turkeys. How many of each does he need to sell to get the
maximum amount?

CONCEPTS

 Inequality formulating
 Drawing inequality graphs
 Use of graphs to make informed decisions

DIMENSIONS/CRITERIA TO BE USED

 Creating inequalities
 Drawing Cartesian plane using a chosen scale
 Representing the inequalities graphically
 Use diagram to make best decision

OBJECTVES TO BE ASSESSED

 Creation of inequalities from word problems

 Choosing s suitable scale for the graph
 Drawing the graph
 Interpreting the graph

CALA CONTENT

THE CALA WILL BE MARKED OUT OF 20

The Learner will:

 Form inequalities from word problems
 Choosing a suitable scale for graph drawing
  Drawing graph
 Interpreting the graph

TEACHER notes

 Check the correct formulation of inequalities

 Check on use of suitable scale
 Check correctness of graph
 Check on interpretation
 1 week

LEARNER GUIDE

Activities

You are required to:

 Formulate inequalities from word problems
 Select a suitable scale to plot the graph
 Draw the graph
 Interpret the graph to determine the maximum income

How you will be assessed

The teacher will assess you on

 Correct formulation of inequalities

 Use of suitable scale
 Graph plotting skills
 Neatness
 Graph interpretation