NSC Mathematical Literacy Classifying and organising data: TABLE 1 BELOW SHOWS CENSUS DATA

Question

TABLE 1 BELOW SHOWS CENSUS DATA FOR THREE MUNICIPALITIES FOR 2001 AND 2011.

TABLE 1: CENSUS DATA FOR TLOKWE, BLOUBERG AND BREDE VALLEY MUNICIPALITIES (2001 AND 2011)

Key Statistics                     Tlokwe                    Blouberg                      Breede Valley

Total population                128 353                 162 762                     171 621

Children (0–14)                     25.5%, 25.2%               40.2%, 39.5%                  27.8%, 27.8%

Working age                       69.1%, 69.1%              53.7%, 56.0%                 66.9%, 66.9%

Elderly (65+)                          0.6%, 2.68%                1.57%, 0.53%                   2.38%, …

Average annual population growth rate

Population density (people/km²)

Unemployment rate

Number of households

Electricity use

Use the information in the table above to answer the following questions.

4.1.1 Identify the municipality that had the highest number of employed people during 2011. (3)

4.1.2 Calculate the difference in the total population of the municipality that had the largest increase in total population from 2001 to 2011. (3)

4.1.3 Calculate the number of elderly people in the Blouberg municipality during 2001. (3)

4.1.4 A person living in the Breede Valley municipality during 2011 is randomly selected. Determine the probability that this person is employed. Express the probability as a common fraction in its simplest form. (3)

4.1.5 Which municipality showed the largest percentage increase in the use of electricity from 2001 to 2011? (3)

4.1.6 Calculate the average population growth rate for the Breede Valley municipality from 2001 to 2011. You may use the following formula:

Average population growth rate
= (difference in total population from 2001 to 2011 / total population in 2001) × 100 (3)

4.1.7 Calculate, to the nearest km², the land area of the Tlokwe municipality in 2011. (3)

TABLE 1 BELOW SHOWS CENSUS DATA FOR THREE MUNICIPALITIES FOR 2001 AND 2011 - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 4 - 2016 - Paper 1

Worked Solution & Example Answer:TABLE 1 BELOW SHOWS CENSUS DATA FOR THREE MUNICIPALITIES FOR 2001 AND 2011 - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 4 - 2016 - Paper 1

Identify the municipality that had the highest number of employed people during 2011.

Calculate the difference in the total population of the municipality that had the largest increase in total population from 2001 to 2011.

Calculate the number of elderly people in the Blouberg municipality during 2001.

A person living in the Breede Valley municipality during 2011 is randomly selected. Determine the probability that this person is employed. Express the probability as a common fraction in its simplest form.

Which municipality showed the largest percentage increase in the use of electricity from 2001 to 2011?

Calculate the average population growth rate for the Breede Valley municipality from 2001 to 2011.

Calculate, to the nearest km², the land area of the Tlokwe municipality in 2011.

Join the NSC students using SimpleStudy...