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BNU1501 - Assessment 1-Semester 2-2023

This document provides 20 multiple choice questions related to basic numeracy concepts covered in Chapters 1 and 2 of the study guide. Students are asked to work through this study material before answering the assignment questions which are due on August 4, 2023. The questions cover topics such as rational numbers, rounding, coefficients, simplifying algebraic expressions, and evaluating expressions.

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BNU1501 - Assessment 1-Semester 2-2023

This document provides 20 multiple choice questions related to basic numeracy concepts covered in Chapters 1 and 2 of the study guide. Students are asked to work through this study material before answering the assignment questions which are due on August 4, 2023. The questions cover topics such as rational numbers, rounding, coefficients, simplifying algebraic expressions, and evaluating expressions.

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BNU1501/Ass 1/2023-S2

BNU1501

Basic Numeracy

Department of Decision Sciences

ASSIGNMENT 01- Semester 2 – 2023

Due Date: 4 August 2023

Please work through the following study material before answering the assignment questions:
Study material: Chapters 1 and 2 of the Study Guide

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Question 1

Every rational number is a

[1] Whole number


[2] Real number
[3] Natural number
[4] None of the above

Question 2

Round off 20.85784 to:

a) Four decimal places


b) The nearest whole number (integer)

[1] a) 20.8578 b) 20
[2] a) 20.8578 b) 21
[3] a) 20.8579 b) 21
[4] a) 20.8579 b) 20

Question 3

Round 312.92 to the nearest whole number.

[1] 313
[2] 312
[3] 312.9
[4] 300

Question 4

Which one of these numbers rounds to 100,000?

[1] 99,999
[2] 94,789
[3] 150,000
[4] 90,000

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Question 5

Negative nine decreased by 3 times a number.

[1] 9 − 3𝑥𝑥
[2] −9 + 3𝑥𝑥
[3] 9 + 3𝑥𝑥
[4] −9 − 3𝑥𝑥

Question 6

What is the definition of a constant?

[1] The letter used to represent a quantity


[2] The number in front of a variable
[3] The number with no variable
[4] The little number or letter used to raise to a power

Question 7

What is the definition of a coefficient?

[1] The letter used to represent a quantity


[2] The number in front of a variable
[3] The little number or letter used to raise to a power
[4] The number at the back of a variable

Question 8

In this expression, 2x + 6y − 10, which are the coefficients?

[1] 2, 6 and −10


[2] 2 and 6
[3] x and y
[4] −10

Question 9

The half of a number x is increased by 10 is 12. What is the number?

[1] 𝑥𝑥 = 11
[2] 𝑥𝑥 = −8

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[3] 𝑥𝑥 = 2
[4] 𝑥𝑥 = 4

Question 10

Jacolene is catering for a group of 54 people. The muffins are sold in packs of 8. How many
packs of muffins must she buy?

[1] 𝑥𝑥 = 432 packs


[2] 𝑥𝑥 = 8 packs
[3] 7 packs
[4] 𝑥𝑥 = 11packs

Question 11

Select the equation for the following mathematical scenario. Zakes has some money, 𝑚𝑚. If he
spends R20.00, then he will have a quarter of the amount he started with.
1
[1] 𝑚𝑚 + 20 = 4 + 𝑚𝑚

[2] 𝑚𝑚 − 20 = 𝑚𝑚
1
[3] 𝑚𝑚 − 20 = 4 𝑚𝑚
1
[4] 𝑚𝑚 + 20 = 4 𝑚𝑚

Question 12

A mother shares sweets among her three children. Phindi gets three times as many sweets
as Lulu, and Lulu gets four sweets less than Jongi. Suppose Jongi gets 𝑥𝑥 sweets, how many
sweets does Phindi get in terms of 𝑥𝑥?
𝑥𝑥−4
[1]
3

[2] 3𝑥𝑥 − 4
[3] 3(𝑥𝑥 − 4)
[4] 3 + 𝑥𝑥 − 4

Question 13

Simplify the following expression: (4x + 3) − (5x + 9)

[1] −𝑥𝑥 + 12
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[2] 9𝑥𝑥 + 12
[3] 9𝑥𝑥 − 6
[4] −𝑥𝑥 − 6

Question 14

Evaluate the expression: 25 − [5 − (3 − 8)] + (1 − 3)3 =

[1] −23
[2] 33
[3] 7
[4] 23

Question 15

Which of the following is a pair of like terms?

[1] −7𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦 2 𝑧𝑧; −7𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦


[2] −10𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦 2 ; 3𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦 2
[3] 3𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥; 3𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 2 𝑧𝑧 2
[4] 4𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦 2 ; 4𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦

Question 16

Simplify as far as possible the expression:


7(𝑝𝑝 + 10𝑞𝑞) + 2(6𝑝𝑝 + 7𝑞𝑞)

[1] 7𝑝𝑝 + 70𝑞𝑞 + 12𝑝𝑝 + 14𝑞𝑞

[2] 19𝑝𝑝 + 84𝑞𝑞

[3] 15𝑝𝑝 + 17𝑞𝑞

[4] 19𝑝𝑝 + 77𝑞𝑞

Question 17

Subtract the sum of −3𝑥𝑥 3 𝑦𝑦 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 and −3𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 − 5𝑦𝑦 4 from 𝑥𝑥 4 + 𝑥𝑥 3 𝑦𝑦 2 + 𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 + 𝑦𝑦 4 .

[1] 𝑥𝑥 4 + 2𝑥𝑥 3 𝑦𝑦 2 + 3𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 + 6𝑦𝑦 4


[2] −𝑥𝑥 4 − 5𝑥𝑥 3 𝑦𝑦 2 + 4𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 + 4𝑦𝑦 4
[3] 𝑥𝑥 4 − 2𝑥𝑥 3 𝑦𝑦 2 + 6𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 + 6𝑦𝑦 4

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[4] 𝑥𝑥 4 + 4𝑥𝑥 3 𝑦𝑦 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 3 + 6𝑦𝑦 4

Question 18

Simplify the expression �8𝑦𝑦 + 5�50𝑦𝑦 − 2�18𝑦𝑦

[1] (√8 + 5√50 − 2√18)�𝑦𝑦


[2] 13�2𝑦𝑦
[3] 21�2𝑦𝑦
[4] 882𝑦𝑦

Question 19

Evaluate the following expression: (𝑥𝑥 𝑎𝑎+𝑏𝑏 )𝑎𝑎−𝑏𝑏 × (𝑥𝑥 𝑏𝑏+𝑐𝑐 )𝑏𝑏−𝑐𝑐 × (𝑥𝑥 𝑐𝑐+𝑎𝑎 )𝑐𝑐−𝑎𝑎

[1] 1
[2] 2
[3] 11
[4] 12

Question 20

Simplify the expression

3 3
�125𝑥𝑥30 𝑦𝑦30 + 12√𝑥𝑥 × �𝑥𝑥2

[1] 5𝑥𝑥10 𝑦𝑦15 + √𝑥𝑥 3


4
[2] 5𝑥𝑥10 𝑦𝑦10 + √𝑥𝑥 3
12
[3] 5𝑥𝑥15 𝑦𝑦10 + √𝑥𝑥 3
[4] 5𝑥𝑥 30 𝑦𝑦10 + 𝑥𝑥 3

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