MATHEMATICAL LITERACY

GRADE 12

JUNE EXAMINATION

PAPER 1

2023

MARKS: 100

TIME: 2 HOURS

This question paper consists of 13 pages including 3 annexures.

Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 2 Paper 1/June 2023

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

1. This question paper consists of FOUR questions. Answer ALL the questions.

2. 2.1 Use ANNEXURE A to answer QUESTION 1.3

2.2 Use ANNEXURE B to answer QUESTION 2.1.

2.3 Use ANNEXURE C to answer QUESTION 3.2

3. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper.

4. Start EACH question on a NEW page.

5. You may use an approved calculator (non-programmable and non-graphical), unless stated
otherwise.

6. Show ALL calculations clearly.

7. Round off ALL final answers appropriately according to the given context, unless stated
otherwise.

8. For the purposes of answering this question paper, a VAT rate of 15% must be used where
necessary.

9. Pictures (photographs) and diagrams are NOT necessarily drawn to scale, unless stated
otherwise.

10. Write neatly and legibly.

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 3 Paper 1/June 2023

QUESTION 1

1.1
TABLE 1 below is an extract from Wayne's personal business cell phone contract bill.

TABLE 1: COST OF THE DEVICE AND USAGE SUMMARY

Cost of the device
Starting Monthly Current
Description Total cost Outstanding
date payment month
Device fee 01/03/2022 R5 299,00 R355,51 R800,00 20 of 24

Usage Summary
Type Amount used (minutes) Amount charged
National line calls 111 R1 089,96
Vodacom Calls 689 A
Other Mobile
972 R1 844,35
network calls
SMS/MMS Fee 9 SMSs/MMSs R0,00
Recharge amount R4 635,00
[Adapted from original personal business cellphone bill]

Use TABLE 1 and the information above to answer the questions that follow.

1.1.1 Explain the meaning of the term total cost in the given context. (2)

1.1.2 Identify the total cost of the device. (2)

1.1.3 Calculate A, the amount charged for Vodacom Calls. (3)

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 4 Paper 1/June 2023

1.2
Mr Rasmus receives his salary advice below. TABLE 2 below shows some information
extracted from his salary advice.

NOTE: UIF is a 1% contribution made by the employee.

TABLE 2: SALARY ADVICE OF MR RASMUS

Pension number
56852264
Employee Surname
Pay Point Organisation
Number & Initials
Rasmus,
01/02/179005 M012 Kuru Mines
GB
ID number Job title Appointment Date
Site
810329 5076 087 2011/01/01
Manager
Basic
Account UIF
Pay Date Bank Branch Salary Deductions
Number Amount
(R)
2022/01/01 FNB 200607 240139 26 240,00 UIF ***
[Adapted from original salary advice]

Use TABLE 2 and the information above to answer the questions that follow.

1.2.1 Write down the name of the organisation where Mr Rasmus is employed. (2)

1.2.2 What does the acronym UIF stand for? (2)

1.2.3 Calculate the UIF amount on Mr. Rasmus' salary. (2)

1.3 The national and provincial budget process is a continuous cycle that runs from April to
March the following year.

The medium-term gross tax revenue outlook (in billions) for the South African
government is indicated in graph on ANNEXURE A.

Use ANNEXURE A to answer the questions that follow.

1.3.1 Is the data displayed on the graph discrete or continuous data? (2)

1.3.2 Write the amount for Budget Outlook 2023 of 2022/2023 in full digits
(number). (2)

1.3.3 Calculate the difference between the maximum amount for Budget
Outlook 2023 and the minimum amount for Budget Outlook 2022. (3)
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QUESTION 2

2.1 Christina, aged 43, earns a basic monthly salary of R32 907,50.
Some of the following deductions are indicated on her January 2023 payslip.

 Pension fund = 7,5%

 Income Tax payable to SARS

ANNEXURE B shows the 2022/23 Income Tax tables used to determine the taxpayer's
tax payable.

Use ANNEXURE B and the information above to answer the questions that follow.

2.1.1 Calculate Christina's monthly pension fund deduction. (2)

2.1.2 What does the acronym SARS stand for? (2)

2.1.3 Christina earns a Taxable Income of R365 079,00 per annum.

(a) Identify which tax bracket Christina falls in, based on her taxable
income. (2)

(b) Calculate the amount of tax Christina must pay for the 2022/23
tax year. (5)

2.2 Christina's sister works in Brazil.

On Christina's birthday her sister sends her R$550.

TABLE 3 below shows the currency conversion factors for a few of the currencies
in terms of the South African currency on 30 March 2023.

TABLE 3: CURRENCY CONVERSION FACTORS

CURRENCY UNITS PER ZAR ZAR PER UNIT
Japanese yen (¥) 7,345846 0,136133
United States Dollar ($) 0,055349 18,068562
Brazilian real (R$) 0,284242 3,518097
British pound (₤) 0,044832 20,305594
[Adapted from: www.x-rates.com]

Use TABLE 3 above to answer the questions that follow.

2.2.1 Identify the currency that is second strongest to the rand. (2)

2.2.2 Show how the British pound (₤) of 0,044832 ZAR per unit was determined. (2)

2.2.3 Determine how much money Christina received, in Rand, from her sister. (3)

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 6 Paper 1/June 2023

2.3
Christina owns a 4 room apartment in Durban with a bathroom and toilet.
The apartment uses 1 lightbulb per room, 1 lightbulb for the bathroom and 1 lightbulb for
the toilet.
The current tariff is 188,63 Cents Per Kwh, VAT inclusive.

TABLE 4 below shows the cost of using some appliances.

TABLE 4: COST OF USING SOME APPLIANCES

Hours Days kWh Monthly
Electrical
Used Used Used Cost per
ITEM Rating
Per Per per unit
(Watts)
Day Month Month
Laptop Charger 22 5 7 0,74 R3,05
Lighting: Single 100W 100 5 30 18 R41,81
Geyser 1888 5 30 400 R628,20
4 Plate Stove
Back Large Plate 1600 1,5 30 56,5 R151,35
Back Small Plate 1100 1 25 26 R52,35
Front Large Plate 1600 2 30 90 R188,46
Front Small Plate 1100 1 15 16 R29,41
[Adapted from www.durban.gov.za]

Use TABLE 4 and the information above to answer the questions that follow.

2.3.1 Define the term tariff in the given context. (2)

2.3.2 Calculate the total monthly cost for lighting in Christina's apartment. (3)

2.3.3 The total cost for Christina for all the appliances, excluding the
6 lightbulbs, stove and 3 laptop chargers is R1 115,35.

Christina claims that the total monthly cost including 6 lightbulbs, stove
and 3 laptops will be more than R1 952,00.

Verify, showing ALL calculations, if her claim is valid. (6)

2.3.4 Christina states that if she uses the geyser for 2 hours a day for 30 days
and the back large plate and the front small plate of the stove once, the
electricity bill will decrease by exactly R450,00.

Verify, showing ALL calculations, wheteher her claim is valid. (5)

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 7 Paper 1/June 2023

QUESTION 3

3.1
TABLE 5 below shows an extract of the provincial mid-year population estimates by age
and gender for 2021 for selected provinces.

TABLE 5: MID YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES (2021) OF CERTAIN

PROVINCES BY GENDER AND AGE
Eastern Cape Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal
Age
Male Female Male Female Male Female
0-4 266 223 224 536 665 455 634 232 611 525 521 441
5-9 458 222 295 475 632 555 614 452 602 874 596 358
10-14 498 634 365 412 654 456 652 325 512 365 575 354
15-19 398 621 369 258 698 125 522 478 B 512 333
20-24 378 412 357 159 557 532 555 442 509 325 423 569
25-29 399 652 216 888 632 254 845 669 512 111 452 666
30-34 236 987 296 123 671 222 817 691 436 222 522 445
35-39 258 963 287 525 745 325 753 954 487 566 412 325
[Adapted from https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications]

Use TABLE 5 above to answer the questions that follow.

3.1.1 Calculate the total number of females in the 10 ̶ 19 years old age group in
the three provinces. (3)

3.1.2 Determine, as a percentage, the probability of randomly selecting a female

in the 25-29 age interval residing in the Eastern Cape out of all the women
in the Eastern Cape. (3)

3.1.3 Determine the median number of men in Gauteng. (3)

3.1.4 Calculate the value of B, if the mean value for men in Kwazulu-Natal is
520 244. (5)

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 8 Paper 1/June 2023

3.2
A study was made on the most spoken languages in 2022 across the world, including
South Africa.

The graph below shows the difference between native and non-native speakers in
millions for 2022.
MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGES

Arabic 274 0
Spanish 460 74
Russian 154 104
Portugese 221 13
Languages

Mandarin 918 199

Indonesian 43 156
Hindi 341 274
French 77 203
English 379 753
Bengali 229 36
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Number of people in millions

Native speakers Non-native speakers
[Adapted from https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/most-spoken-language]

Use the graph above to answer the questions that follow.

3.2.1 Write down the number of native Mandarin speaking people. (2)

3.2.2 Calculate the number of native English speakers as a percentage of the total
number of English speakers (Native and Non-native). (4)

3.2.3 Explain why it is suitable to represent the data in a stacked (compound) bar
graph. (2)
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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 9 Paper 1/June 2023

QUESTION 4

4.1
The South African Council for Educators expenditure trends and estimates by programme
(objective/activity) is shown on ANNEXURE C.

Use ANNEXURE C to answer the questions that follow.

4.1.1 Write down the name of the programme with the third highest expenditure in
2017/18. (2)

4.1.2 Calculate the percentage increase of the expenditure for Professional

development from 2017/18 to 2019/20.

You may use the following formula:

Expenditure in 2019/20  Expenditure in 2017/18

% - increase   100%
Expenditure in 2017/18 (4)

4.1.3 Write down the modal expenditure value for 2018/19. (2)

4.1.4 Determine the probability, as a decimal, of randomly selecting an expenditure

out of ALL the expenditure in ALL the years (2017 - 2020), that is less than
1 million rand. (3)

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 10 Paper 1/June 2023

4.2
The inflation rate in South Africa for the previous decade is shown in TABLE 6 below.

TABLE 6: INFLATION RATE FROM 2010 TO 2020

Year Inflation rate (%)
2010 4,26
2011 4,99
2012 5,62
2013 5,76
2014 6,09
2015 4,58
2016 6,34
2017 5,77
2018 4,62
2019 4,13
2020 3,27
[Adapted from https://tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/inflation-cpi]

Use TABLE 6 above to answer the questions that follow.

4.2.1 Determine the price, to the nearest rand, of 750g of Ricoffy in 2017 if the price
of 750g Ricoffy in 2016 was R74,99. (3)

4.2.2 Describe the trend in the in the inflation rate in South Africa from 2010 to 2016. (4)

4.2.3 The price of a LG washing machine in 2020 was R4 514,00

It is stated that the price of the LG washing machine in 2018 was less than
R4 200,00.

Verify, showing ALL calculations, whether this statement is valid. (6)

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TOTAL: 100

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Mathematical Literacy/Grade 12 11 Paper 1/June 2023

ANNEXURE A

QUESTION 1.3

MEDIUM-TERM GROSS TAX REVENUE OUTLOOK (IN BILLIONS)

2500

2043,5
1907,7
2000
1692,2 1787,5 1807,6
1563,8 1694,3
1598,4
1547,1
BILLIONS (R)

1500

1000

500

0
2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
YEAR

Budget 2023 Budget 2022

[Adapted from https://cutt.ly/y8cSZwv]

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ANNEXURE B
QUESTION 2.1
RATES OF TAX FOR INDIVIDUALS
2022/23 TAX YEAR (1 MARCH 2022 – 23 FEBRUARY 2023)
Taxable income (R)
1 – 237 100
237 101 – 370 500
370 501 – 512 800
512 801 – 673 000
673 001 – 857 900
857 901 – 1 817 000
1 817 001 and above
Tax Rebates
Tax Rebate
Primary
Secondary (65 and older)
Tertiary (75 and older)
[Adapted from https://www.sars.gov.za/tax-rates/income-tax/rates-of-tax-for-individuals]
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Rates of tax (R)
18% of taxable income
42 678 + 26% of taxable income above 237 100
77 362 + 31% of taxable income above 370 500
121 475 + 36% of taxable income above 512 800
179 147 + 39% of taxable income above 673 000
251 258 + 41% of taxable income above 857 900
644 489 + 45% of taxable income above 1 817 00
444
Tax Year (2022/23)
R16 425
R9 000
R2 997
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ANNEXURE C
QUESTION 4.1

TRENDS AND ESTIMATES BY PROGRAMME/OBJECTIVE/ACTIVITY (IN MILLIONS)

70

60

50
Amount (in millions)

40

30

20

10

0
Research and Professional Registration of Ethics and code of
Administration
advisory development educators conduct
2017/18 38,6 1,3 13 5 5,2
2018/19 45,2 0,5 19 6,1 9
2019/20 63,6 3 24 6,8 9,5

Expenditure items
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

[Adapted from https://tinyurl.com/a6ujprfx]