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BNU1501 - Assignment 05 (Mock Exam) - Semester 2-2023

This document contains a 20 question assignment for a basic numeracy course. The questions cover a range of numerical topics including: identifying prime numbers; rounding numbers; algebraic expressions; fractions; ratios; perimeter; area; volume; solving equations; simplifying expressions; graphing lines; calculating interest; loans; and compound interest. Students are asked to choose the correct answer from four multiple choice options for each question. The assignment is due on September 29th, 2023 and is worth a total of 100 marks.

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BNU1501 - Assignment 05 (Mock Exam) - Semester 2-2023

This document contains a 20 question assignment for a basic numeracy course. The questions cover a range of numerical topics including: identifying prime numbers; rounding numbers; algebraic expressions; fractions; ratios; perimeter; area; volume; solving equations; simplifying expressions; graphing lines; calculating interest; loans; and compound interest. Students are asked to choose the correct answer from four multiple choice options for each question. The assignment is due on September 29th, 2023 and is worth a total of 100 marks.

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BNU1501/Ass5/S2/2023

BNU1501

Basic Numeracy

Department of Decision Sciences

ASSIGNMENT 05

Semester 2 – 2023

Due Date: 29 September 2023

Total Marks: 100

Please work through all the study material before answering the assignment questions:
Study material: All Chapters of the Study Guide

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Question 1
Which one of the following numbers is a prime number?

[1] 14
[2] 15
[3] 18
[4] 19

Question 2
Round off 29.985 to:
a) One decimal digits
b) The nearest integer

[1] a) 30.0 b) 29
[2] a) 29.0 b) 29
[3] a) 29.9 b) 30
[4] a) 30.0 b) 30

Question 3
If a certain number, 𝑥𝑥, is multiplied by 6, it will be equal to 4 less than thrice the same
number. The correct equation for the above statement is

[1] 6𝑥𝑥 = 3𝑥𝑥 − 4


[2] 6𝑥𝑥 = 4 − 3𝑥𝑥
[3] 𝑥𝑥 6 = 3𝑥𝑥 − 4
[4] 𝑥𝑥 6 = 4 − 3𝑥𝑥

Question 4
I have 15 muffins, 𝑥𝑥 of them are red-velvet flavored, 5 of them are chocolate flavored and the
rest are vanilla flavored. An expression in terms of 𝑥𝑥 for the number of vanilla flavored
muffins I have is
[1] 15 − 𝑥𝑥 + 5
[2] 10 − (𝑥𝑥 − 5)
[3] 10 − (−𝑥𝑥 − 5)
[4] 10 − 𝑥𝑥

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Question 5
Simplify the expression
6𝑎𝑎2 − 9𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 + 2𝑏𝑏 2 − 3(𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 − 𝑏𝑏 2 )
[1] 6𝑎𝑎2 + 5𝑏𝑏 2 + 12𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
[2] 6𝑎𝑎2 + 3𝑏𝑏 2 − 10𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
[3] 6𝑎𝑎2 + 3𝑏𝑏 2 + 10𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
[4] 6𝑎𝑎2 + 5𝑏𝑏 2 − 12𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎

Question 6
Evaluate the following expression (12𝑥𝑥 2 )(6𝑥𝑥 3 )0
[1] 17𝑥𝑥 2
[2] 72𝑥𝑥 5
[3] 12𝑥𝑥 2
[4] 1

Question 7
Simplify the expression

�36𝑦𝑦100 × �64𝑥𝑥 8

[1] 48𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦10


[2] 48𝑥𝑥 4 𝑦𝑦 50
[3] 48𝑥𝑥 4 𝑦𝑦10
[4] 8𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 50

Question 8
Determine the LCM of the following three terms: 3st, 4s2, 5t2.
[1] 60s3t3
[2] 30st
[3] 30s2t2
[4] 60s2t2

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Question 9
19
Convert the improper fraction 4
to a mixed fraction
1
[1] 54
1
[2] 15 4
1
[3] 36
3
[4] 44

Question 10
The ratio between the length and width of a rectangular sheet of paper is 7:5. If the width of
the sheet is 20,5 cm, find its length.
[1] 14,6 m
[2] 18 m
[3] 29,4 m
[4] 28,7 cm

Question 11
Find the perimeter of the shape below.

[1] 42 mm
[2] 70 mm
[3] 180 mm
[4] 56 mm

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Question 12
Farmer Bob needs to build a fence for his chickens. The area he wants to build a fence around
is 40 m long and the width is half of the length. How many square meters of fence does he
need to buy?
[1] 800 m2
[2] 120 m2
[3] 60 m2
[4] 80 m2

Question 13
A rectangular garage has a volume of 480 cm3, a length of 12 m and a width of 8 m. What is
the height of the garage?
[1] 4m
[2] 5m
[3] 6m
[4] 7m

Question 14
Solve for x in the following equation.
2 x + 2= 2(2 − x) + 6

8
[1] x=
3
[2] x =8
4
[3] x=
3
[4] x=2

Question 15
18𝑏𝑏2 3𝑏𝑏 8
Simplify the following expression as far as possible: ÷ ×
4𝑎𝑎 4𝑎𝑎 9
3𝑏𝑏3
[1]
𝑎𝑎2

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27𝑏𝑏
[2]
4
16𝑏𝑏
[3]
3

[4] 3𝑏𝑏

Question 16
The equation of a straight line passing through the points (3;1) and (7;3) is given by
[1] y = 2(x - 1)
[2] y = 2x + 1
1
[3] y= 2
(x + 1)
1
[4] y= 2
(x - 1)

Question 17
An amount of R27 000 is invested in a fund that pays 11,15% simple interest per year. The
total amount in this fund after 129 months will equal …
[1] R 7 480,09
[2] R 11 790,39
[3] R 59 362,88
[4] R 89 025,92

Question 18
The value of a one-bedroom flat in Tshwane increased from R151 300 to R230 592,50 over a
5-year period. The average annual rate of increase of the one-bedroom flat over 5 years,
rounded to two decimal places, is
[1] 7.22%
[2] 7.89%
[3] 8.79%
[4] 8.97%

Question 19
Christo wants to buy a small wine farm worth R8 500 000. He plans to sell his current home
for R3 400 000 which he will use as a deposit for the purchase of the farm. He secures a loan

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with a bank with a repayment period of 10 years and an interest rate of 9,5% compounded
monthly. Calculate his monthly repayments.
[1] R484 330,48
[2] R532 492,48
[3] R65 992,75
[4] R484 509,93

Question 20
Frank needs to pay R60 000,00 towards his son’s university fees in three years’ time. If he
has R46 150,30 now, at what interest rate per year compounded monthly, must he invest his
money?
[1] 10,00% per year compounded monthly
[2] 2,50% per year compounded monthly
[3] 8,78% per year compounded monthly
[4] 13,16% per year compounded monthly

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