GRADE 10

MATHEMATICAL LITERACY
SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT
INVESTIGATION 1
DATA HANDLING
60 MARKS
2023

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

1. Answer ALL the questions.

2. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper.

3. You may use an approved calculator (non-programmable and non-graphical), unless stated
otherwise.

4. Show ALL calculations clearly.

5. Write neatly and legibly.

Themba wanted to investigate what is the most popular car colour. He stood outside his house next to the
main road and recorded the car colours of 50 cars passing as indicated below. Use table 1 below to answer
the questions that follow:

Table 1: Frequency Table

1.2. What is the least popular car colour that Themba counted? How do you know? (3)

1.3. How many white cars did he count? (2)

1.4. What is the most popular car colour that he counted? How do you know? (3)

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QUESTION 2

2.1. Themba wants to open Lava Java coffee shop and make it the most popular coffee shop in
the township.

2.1.1. What information could help Themba to make sure that he keeps his customers
happy? (2)

2.1.2. How should he collect this information? List at least two ways to collect this information. (2)

2.2. Themba conducts a survey to investigate what people think of all his sandwiches he sells at
Lava Java coffee shop.

2.2.1. He interviews 50 customers and ask them which sandwich is their favourite and he
starts making a representation or pictogram (Graph 1) with the choices of the first 10
customers.

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 Graph 1: Favourite Sandwiches

 Use the graph above to answer the questions that follow and

 Note that represents 1 customer.

a) Which sandwich choice do you think is the most popular? Explain how you got your answer. (2)

b) Why do you think Themba stopped doing his pictogram? (2)

2.2.2. Themba decides to draw a bar graph. Use graph 2 below to answer the questions that
follow:

Graph 2: Favourite Sandwiches

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 a) How many people chose chicken as their favourite sandwich? (2)

b) How many customers chose polony as their favourite sandwich? (2)

c) Which sandwich is the least popular at Themba’s coffee shop? Explain. (2)

d) How many people chose ham as their favourite sandwich? (2)

e) Which sandwich is the most popular at Themba’s coffee shop? Explain. (2)

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QUESTION 3

Themba is trying to find out whether his chocolate cake or fruit cake is more popular at Lava Java
coffee shop. One day over breakfast Themba asked 50 regular customers which of these two cakes
they preferred.

Chocolate Cake Fruit Cake

Diagram 1

Themba drew a graph to show the findings to the customers. Use the graph below to answer the
questions that follow:

Types of cakes

Fruit Cake
Chocolate
Cake

Graph 3: Types of cakes

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 3.1. Which cake do you think is more popular with Themba’s customers? Why? (3)

3.2. How many people do you think said that they preferred chocolate cake? How did you make
your estimate? (3)

3.3. Why do you think Themba used this pie-chart to show the results of their survey? (2)

3.4. Name the other graph except bar graph and pictograph, could Themba have used to show
the results? (2)

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QUESTION 4

Lava Java coffee shop is trying to investigate whether chocolate milkshake or vanilla milkshake is
more popular. One day over lunch time, Themba asked 10 regular customers to rate these two
milkshakes on a scale of 1 (don’t like it at all) to 5 (love it).

Chocolate Milkshake Vanilla Milkshake

Diagram 2
Herewith are the results

Table 2: Customer ratings of chocolate and vanilla milkshakes

Customer Rating
Chocolate Milkshake Vanilla Milkshake
Mr Mudau 4 3
Miss Pat 5 2
Dr Ndlovu 1 4
Jimmy 3 2
Rudolf 5 2
Kenneth 4 1
Vusi 3 3
Mandla 5 3
Cathy 3 5
Chris 2 4

4.1. Dr Ndlovu gave chocolate milkshakes a rating of ‘1’. What does this mean? (2)

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 4.2. What kind of milkshake does Cathy prefer? (2)

4.3. Vusi gave chocolate milkshakes a rating of ‘3’. What does this mean? (2)

4.4. Does Chris like chocolate milkshakes? Explain (2)

4.5. What kind of milkshake does Mr Mudau prefer? (2)

4.6. Write a short conclusion to the manager of Lava Java, summarising these findings and
making recommendations for future supply of chocolate and vanilla milkshake.
(You may use your answers from 4.1 to 4.5 to support your conclusion). (2)

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QUESTION 5

Themba and his cashier Happiness are having an argument. Themba says that it was hotter
in the 2nd week than it was in 3rd week of March 2022. Happiness thinks it was hotter in the 3rd
week than in the 2nd week of March 2022.
Here are the temperatures in degree Celsius for the Month of March 2022.

Figure 1: March 2022 Calendar

5.1. Which week between 2nd and 3rd week, showed the highest temperature? (2)
5.2. Which week between 2nd and 3rd week, showed the lowest temperature? (2)
5.3. Determine the mean temperature for the 2nd week.
Round your answer to two decimal places. (2)
5.4. Determine the mean temperature for the 3rd week. (2)
Round your answer to two decimal places. (2)
5.5. Write a short conclusion on the week that you think was the warmest between 2nd and
3rd week of March 2022 (You may use your answers from 5.1 to 5.4 to support
your conclusion). (2)

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Total: 60 Marks
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