NSC Mathematical Literacy – South Africa

Question 1

A store is offering a 20% discount on a jacket that originally costs R500. What is the sale price of the jacket?

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Question 2

Which of the following is the most appropriate measure of central tendency to use when data contains extreme outliers?

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Question 3

A map scale shows 1 cm represents 5 km. What real distance does 7 cm on the map represent?

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Question 4

If a bag contains 3 red, 5 blue, and 2 green marbles, what is the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble?

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Question 5

A rectangle has a length of 8 m and a width of 5 m. What is its perimeter?

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Question 6

An investment of R10,000 grows to R12,100 in 2 years with simple interest. What is the annual interest rate?

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Question 7

The mode of this data set: 4, 7, 7, 9, 10, 7, 5 is?

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Question 8

If the probability of raining on a certain day is 0.3, what is the probability that it will not rain?

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Question 9

A population of 2000 people is surveyed, and 600 prefer product A. What percentage prefers product A?

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Question 10

A car's value decreases by 15% each year. If the car is worth R100,000 now, what will it be worth after 2 years?

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