MATHEMATICAL LITERACY INVESTIGATION TERM 2 GRADE 11 TIME 1 h In this ...
[Pages:2]MATHEMATICAL LITERACY INVESTIGATION TERM 2
GRADE 11 TIME 1 h
In this Investigation, the data that you are supposed to collect will be provided.
Topics: Calculations with numbers; Measurement; Data Handling
Palesa, a grade 11 learner in the Free State, reads in a newspaper that a study in the United States of America showed that:
37% of all the people in America are overweight 22% of all the people in America are obese 15,5% of all teenagers in America are obese
To determine your weight status, you have to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) using the formula:
BMI
The BMI is then used to classify a person's weight status as follow:
Table 1
BMI
Classification
< 18,5
Underweight
18,5 and < 25
Normal weight
25 and < 30
Overweight
30
Obese
Note: Round all FINAL answers off to ONE decimal, unless stated otherwise.
1 Calculate Palesa's BMI if she weighs 88 kg and her height is 1,72 m.
(2)
2 Use Table 1 to classify Palesa's weight status.
(2)
3 Palesa measured the weight and the height of 12 of her friends and she recorded it in the table below: Table 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mass in kg 64 55 79 75 62 65 65 82 84 68 76 67 Height in m 1,71 1,75 1,8 1,73 1,68 1,58 1,70 1,70 1,65 1,69 1,74 1,65 BMI
3.1 Redraw Table 2 and complete the last row (calculate the BMI of each of Palesa's
twelve friends). Show all your calculations.
(12)
3.2 Calculate the mean, median and the range of the masses of Palesa's twelve
friends.
(8)
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4 Redraw and complete the frequency below by using the information in Table 2:
FREQUECY TABLE OF FRIENDS ACCORDING TO BMI
Classification Underweight Normal weight Overweight Obese
Tally
Frequency (8)
5 What percentage of Palesa's friends are:
5.1 Underweight
(2)
5.2 Normal weight
(2)
5.3 Overweight
(2)
5.4 Obese
(2)
6 How do the percentage of Palesa's friends, in terms of obesity, compare to the
percentage for American teenagers? Give a possible reason to explain the difference
between the obesity percentages for teenagers of the two countries.
(2)
7 Draw a bar graph, showing the percentages of Palesa's friends who are underweight,
normal weight, overweight and obese.
(6)
8 Being overweight or obese can cause health problems like diabetes or high blood
pressure. What advice can you give to a person who is overweight or obese?
(2)
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