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nAm I BIA un IVE RS ITV
OF SCIEnCE AnD TECHnOLOGY
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
Student Admissions
SUBJECT:
DATE:
DURATION:
TOTAL MARKS
Mature Age Entry Test: Numeracy
August 2016
2 Hours
77 marks
INSTRUCTIONS/IN FORMATION
1. DO NOT OPEN this booklet until you are told to so.
2. This question booklet consists of seven {7) pages, excluding this cover page.
3. Answer all the questions in section A and sectton Bin the spaces provided in this
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booklet.
4. Where necessary, do your rough work in the spaces 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 I Passport Number
Signature I Date
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4.2 How many members will there be in January 2017?
Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ {2 marks)
5
If one litre of diesel costs N$11.25, how much will it take to fill a 50-litre tank with diesel
if t he tank was already half full?
Answer: N$_ _ _ _ _ (2 marks)
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Andrew is three years older than Mariam. Mariam is seven years younger than Piet.
6.1 Write down these names from the youngest to the oldest.
Answer: ___ ____
6.2 If Piet is 35 years old, how old is Andrew?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3 marks)
Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _years .(2 marks)
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The minimum score for admission into a certain College is 40%. The admission test is set
out of a total of 75 marks. What is the least mark that Titi must score in the admission
test out the 75 marks to gain admission into the college?
Answer: _ _ _ _ _ __ marks {2 marks)
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12 Anne, M aria and Tracy are friends. Anne donated one-tenth of her N$12500 salary to
Save-the-Child trust. Maria donated 12% of her N$10500 salary and Tracy donated
N$1200 to the same trust. How much did the three friends donate to the trust
altogether?
Answer: N$_ _ _ _ _ (3 marks)
13 The cost of making a telephone call is a fixed 15 cents for each call plus 20 cents for each
minute. Agnes made a call that lasted for 8 minutes to Butjie. Twenty minutes later,
Agnes made another call that lasted for 12 minutes again to Butjie. What is the total
cost for the two calls that Agnes made to Butjie? (Give your answer first in cents and
then inN$.)
Answer: _____ cents N$_ _ _ _ _ (4 marks)
14 Simplify:
12(21-9)
Answer: _ _ _ _ (2marks)
15 Simplify:
2(3 + 15 + 3)
Answer: ____ (2 marks)
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18 The following is part of a quotation. Fill-in the six missing amounts.
{6 marks)
25 chickens @ N$75 each
Canopy: 6 hrs @ N$35 per hour
80 chairs @ N$5 per chair
Miscellaneous logistics
Subtotal
VAT@ 15%
Total
N$
3500.00
19 The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180°. Determine the value of x in the
following triangle.
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Answer: x = __ degrees {3 marks)
13. Calculate the average of the numbers: 255, 172, 315, - 393, -243, 194.
Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ {2 marks)
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