TABLE 5 below shows the number of learners who were condoned to Grade 12 (made to progress to Grade 12) - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 5 - 2017 - Paper 1

To calculate the value of A, we need to sum all the progressed learners for 2015:

$11 705 + 5 105 + 4 568 + 10 070 + 9 051 + 3 981 + 1 963 + 4 722 + 3 589 = 58 656$

Thus, A equals 58,656.

The number of progressed learners who passed matric in 2015, arranged in ascending order, is as follows:

• Northern Cape: 2,212
• Free State: 2,600
• Limpopo: 2,290
• Mpumalanga: 2,613
• Western Cape: 2,227
• Gauteng: 4,632
• KwaZulu-Natal: 4,765
• Eastern Cape: 2,625.

To determine the median, we first list the values: 2,212, 2,290, 2,600, 2,625, 2,613, 2,227, 4,632, 4,765. Arranging them in order (in total of 8 data points), the median would be the average of the 4th and 5th values:

$Median = \frac{2,613 + 2,625}{2} = 2,619$. Therefore, the median is 2,619.

The number of progressed learners from the Eastern Cape is 2,625 and from the Western Cape is 2,227:

$Difference = 2,625 - 2,227 = 398$. The difference is 398.

To calculate the mean:

$Mean = \frac{Total \; Progressed \; Learners \; (58,656)}{Number \; of \; provinces \;(9)} = \frac{58,656}{9} \approx 6,517.33$. The mean number of progressed learners who wrote matric in 2015 is approximately 6,517.

The province with the highest number of progressed learners in 2016 is KwaZulu-Natal with 22,549 learners.