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Mature Age Entry Test: Numeracy
August 2019
2 Hours
60 marks
INSTRUCTIONS/IN FORMATION
1. DO NOT OPENthis booklet until you are told to do so.
2. This question booklet consists of six (6) pages, including this cover page.
3. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided in this booklet.
4. Where necessary, do your rough work in the space underneath each question.
5. Hand in your booklet at the end of the examination.
6. On no account may this booklet or part of it be taken out of the examination venue.
CANDIDATE'S PARTICULARS
Surname
First Names
ID/ Passport Number
Signature / Date
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
TOTAL MARK
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. Section 1: Quantitative aptitude
1.
• Anne is a caring daughter. She visits her old parents after every 5 days. Tony her
brother visits their parents after every 4 days. Eachtime the two siblings meet at their
parents' house, they share a cake. On the pt of January they shared a cake at their
parents' house. On what day and month will Anne and Tony be sharing their next cake
at their parents' house?
Answer: ________
(2 marks)
2. Shilongo has a sum of money. He gave half of this money to his wife and then N$800,
which is a third of the remainder, to his son Andrew.
2.1 How much did Shilongo's wife get from her husband?
Answer: N$_____
2.2 How much did Mr Shilongo have at the beginning?
(2 marks)
Answer: N$_____
(1 marks)
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3. Andrew, Mariam and Piet are friends. Andrew is three years older than Mariam.
Mariam is seven years younger than Piet. If Piet is 27 years old, then how old is
Andrew?
Answer: _______
years
(2 marks)
4.
This year, Anthonia is half the age of her 64-year old mother. How old will Anthonia
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be when her mother is 79 years old?
Answer: ___ years
(2 marks)
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5.
Write down the next three terms in each of the following sequences:
5.1. • 2, 5, 7, 10, ....... , ... ... , .......
Answer: .............., ............. , ..............(3 marks)
5.2 2 , - 6 , 18 , - 54 , ....... , ....... , .......
Answer: ................., ................ , ................. (3 marks)
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Section 2: Everyday arithmetic
6.
One litre of petrol costs N$13.25.
6.1 How much will it take to fill a 60-litre tank with petrol?
Answer: N$_____
(2 marks)
6.2 How much will it take to fill a SO-litre tank with petrol if the tank was already
half full?
Answer: N$_____
(1 mark)
7. The cost of making a telephone call is a fixed 30 cents for each call plus 12 cents for
each minute. Agnes made a call that lasted for 8 minutes to Bianca. Twenty minutes
later, Agnes made a call that lasted for 15 minutes to Carol. What is the total cost for
the two calls that Agnes made? (Give your answer first in cents and then in N$.)
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Answer: ____
cents N$_____
(4 marks)
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8. A Fridge sells for N$S000. The seller offers you a 10% discount on this price and then
• adds 10% VAT to th~ discounted price. Use this information to complete the part of
an invoice appearing below:
10% of original price:
Discounted price:
VAT on discounted price:
Final price:
N$______
N$
N$
N$
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
9. The following is part of a quotation. Fill-in the six missing amounts.
N$
20kg chicken @ N$45 per kg
Canopy: 4 hrs @ N$75 per hour
80 chairs @ N$5 per chair
Miscellaneous logistics
3500.00
Subtotal
15% VAT of subtotal
Total payable
(6 marks)
10. A faulty water tap is wasting water at the rate of 2 litres per hour.
10.1 If this tap continues to waste water at this rate, then how many litres of
. water will this tap waste in 72 hours?
Answer: ____
litres (2 marks)
10.2 Water costs N$6.20 per litre. How much will the owner of the faulty tap pay
for wasted water if the tap was only repaired after 72 hours?
Answer: N$-----
(2 marks)
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11 The price of a loaf of bread was N$9.80. The price has increased by 6%. How much
does .i loaf of bread now cost?
Answer: N$----
(2 marks}
12. Penny is planning a birthday party for her one-year old sister. She intends to give six
lollypops to each little child attending the party. A packet of lollypops contains
sixteen. Penny expects twenty-four little children to attend the party. How many
packets of lollypops should Penny buy for the little children?
Answer: ____
packets (2 marks}
13. Taxi fare to Johannes' village is N$85 per adult and half that price for each minor.
How much will a family of three adults and five minors pay as fare to Johannes'
village?
Answer:
N$______
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(3 marks}
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14. The 750ml bottle of special cooking oil sells for N$32.50 while the 500ml bottle of
the same oil sells for N$28.25. Which of these two bottle sizes is cheaper?
Answer:
................. ml bottle (2 marks}
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Section 3: Arithmetic
15. Simplify:
15(43-34)
Answer: ____
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16 Simplify:
(8- 5)(3+15)
(lmark}
Answer: ___
(2 marks}
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17. Simplify 4x3x5+2x5
18. Simplify 4x3x5+(2x5)
Answer: ___
(2 marks)
Answer: ___
(2 marks)
Section 4: Instructional
19. An operation * is defined by a* b = (3x a)- (2 x b). For example,
4 *5 = (3X 4) - (2 X 5)
=12-10
=2
The answer is 2
Use this instruction and example to evaluate each of the following:
19.2 (1*1) *3
Answer: ___
(2 marks)
Answer: ___
(3 marks)
Answer: ___
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END OFTEST
(3 marks)
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