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2022 SUBJECT WORKBOOK

Grade 12

MATHEMATICAL
LITERACY

A joint initiative between the Western Cape Education Department and Stellenbosch University.
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BROADCAST SESSIONS

GRADE 12 BMI

GRADE 12 MODELS

Session Date Time Topic

1 04/05/2022 15:00 – 16:00 BMI

2 26/07/2022 15:00 – 16:00 Models

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INTRODUCTION AND TOPICS

BMI
For every adult, there is a relationship between the persons height and weight,
and it is called the persons body mass index. In short BMI.

Models
The following must be investigated:
• The most cost-effective and convenient way to pack cans or boxes.
• The packaging must be such that the space is optimally utilized.
• The use of models to solve problems.

Topics Description

To determine a persons body mass index and to make predictions on a

BMI
persons state of health.

The concepts and skills that will be mainly focused on are:

• packaging of a rectangular box and cylindrical can in a
Models rectangular container / large box
• to use models to solve problems

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TERMINOLOGY

Term Definition

A number calculated from an adult’s weight and height,

Body mass index (BMI)
expressed in units of kg/m2

The measurement between two points, in a straight line,

Height e.g., from the top of a persons head to the floor on which
the person is standing

Measure Using an instrument to determine size, weight etc.

Weight An indication of how heavy an object is.

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SESSION 1 | BMI

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

A. What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?

∙ Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from an
SUMMARY
adult’s weight and height and is expressed in units of
kg/m2.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ∙ BMI is used for adults to determine whether the adult is
of normal weight, underweight, overweight or obese.
The learner should know how to ∙ This weight status is used by health practitioners to
determine the height and provide appropriate advice.
weight of a person. Must also
∙ Note, for children and teenagers’ growth charts are
be able to do conversions
between different units. used to determine their weight status.
B. How is BMI calculated?
BMI is calculated by the following formula:

BMI =

C. How is the weight status determined from the BMI

value?
The following BMI-Weight Status table is used to
determine the weight status of a person.

BMI - WEIGHT STATUS TABLE

BMI Weight Status
Below 18,5 Underweight (U)
18,5 – 24,9 Normal (N)
25 – 29,9 Overweight (OW)
30 and more Obese (O)

24,22 is in grey row

18,5 – 24,9.
Weight Status: Normal(N)

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SESSION 1 | BMI

EXAMPLES:
The table is used to calculate the values to confirm the correctness of it
and the weight status of Learner 4:

WORKSHEET Learner Mass in kg length in m BMI Weight status

4 70 1.70 24.2 N
2
• Work through all the examples with your calculator.
• You must get the same answers and then you know that you
used the calculator correctly.

1. How to determine BMI

BMI =

BMI =

= 24,22
Weight Status – Go to the BMI-weight status table to
determine in which row 24,22 fall. In this case it is in the ‘grey’
row 18,5 – 24,9.
So, the weight status is Normal (N)

2. How to determine the length

Length in m =

length in m =

= 1,70

3. How to determine the weight

Weight in kg = BMI × (length in m)2

Learner 4: Weight in kg = 24,22 × 1.72
≈ 70 kg

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SESSION 1 | BMI

ACTIVITY
(BMI – BODY MASS INDEX)

CLASS DISCUSSIONS During the health week a group of persons were selected
to take their Body Mass Index (BMI). The information is
shown below:
Person Mass length BMI Weight
in kg in m status
1 56 1.56 (A) N
2 60 1.63 (B) N
3 44 1.55 (C) (D)
4 70 1.70 24.22 N
5 52 (E) 22.51 N
6 60 (F) 23.73 N
7 45 1.30 26.63 (I)
8 (G) 1.55 25.39 OW
9 (H) 1.60 23.83 N
10 57 1.68 20.20 N

BMI-WEIGHT STATUS TABLE

BMI Weight Status
Below 18,5 Underweight (U)
18,5 – 24,9 Normal (N)
25 – 29,9 Overweight (OW)
30 and more Obese (O)
1 pound = 0,4536 kg
BMI =
1 inch = 2,54 cm

1. Determine the BMI - value (A) and (B).

2. Determine the BMI-value of (C) and (D), the weight
status of Person 3 as well as that of Person 7, (I)
3. Determine the lengths in m of Persons 5 and 6, the
values of (E) and (F).
4. Determine the mass in kg, the value of (G) and (H) of
Persons 8 and 9.
5. An American exchange student said that they use the
following formula:

BMI = 703 ×

Use the information of Person 10 to calculate the BMI to

show that the formula is correct.

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2. Mr and Mrs Bush’s domestic worker Phelo and

her daughter Thuli, stay with them. Thuli and her friend Busi are
worried about their weight. Study the growth
chart on THE NEXT PAGE and answer the following
questions.

2.1 Determine Thuli’s BMI (Body Mass Index). She

is 17 years old and her BMI places her in the 75th percentile.

2.2 Busi is 18 years old and she is 1,74 m tall. She has a
weight of 96 000 g. TABLE 1 shows the relationship between
BMI and weight status.

TABLE 1: WEIGHT STATUS TABEL

BMI for age Percentile range Weight status

< 5th percentile Underweight

5th to < 85th percentile Healthy

85th to < 95th percentile Risk of overweight

≥95th percentile Overweight

2.2.1 Determine her weight status using TABLE 1 and the

given formula:
BMI =

2.2.2 What advice should Mrs Bush give Busi’s parents?

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TERMINOLOGY

Term Definition

Breadth How wide something is. From the word “broad”.

A straight line passing through the centre of a circle and

Diameter touching the circle at both ends, thus dividing the circle
into two equal halves.

The measurement between two points, in a straight line,

Length
e.g. the length of a room.

The distance from the centre of the circle to any point on

Radius
the circumference of the circle.

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SESSION 2 | MODELS

Packing a rectangular box in a rectangular

container/large box:

SUMMARY PACKAGING METHOD 1:

Length - wise: The LENGTH of the small box is packed along the LENGTH
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW of the LARGE CONTAINER / BOX.
CALCULATION:
Prior knowledge of the 3 -
dimensional figures especially the The number of small boxes that can be packed along length =
identification of length, width and
Length (ℓ) of large container / box ÷ length (ℓ1) of small box
height; rounding; ratio between
radius and diameter, calculator
skills and logical reasoning are
knowledge and skills that come in
handy for the topic that actually
contains a strong practical
component.

Width -wise: The WIDTH of the small box is packed along the
WIDTH / BREADTH of the LARGE CONTAINER / BOX.
CALCULATION:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along WIDTH =
Width (w) of large container / box ÷ width (w1) of the small box

Height - wise: How many boxes can be packed along the HEIGHT of
the
BIG BOX / CONTAINER?
CALCULATION:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the HEIGHT =
Height (h) of large container / box ÷ Height (h1) of the box
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What aspects of PACKAGING

PACKAGING METHOD 2:
are important to us?
What is packed? Rectangular Length-wise: The width of the small box is packed along the LENGTH
boxes and cylindrical cans/tins of the large container / box.
What is it packed into?
CALCULATION:
Rectangular Containers /
Boxes The number of small boxes packed along the length =
How is it packed? There are
Length (ℓ) of large container / box ÷ width (b1) of the small box
different packaging ways e.g.,
packaging methods 1 and 2
but optimal use of space and
cost-effectiveness must also
be taken into account.

OPTIMAL / MAXIMUM USE

OF SPACE:
The boxes or cans should be
packed in such a way that it Width - wise: The LENGTH of the small box is packed along the
fits the largest number of WIDTH of the large container / box.
boxes/cans/tins in a
CALCULATION:
container/box.
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the WIDTH =
Width (w) of large container / box ÷ length (ℓ1) of the small box
COST EFFICIENCY:
Packaging materials are
expensive. The smallest container
may need to be used for
packaging of a certain number of
boxes /tins /cans.

Height - wise: How many boxes can be packed along the height?
CALCULATION:
The number of small boxes that can be packed next to HEIGHT
= Height (h) of large container / box ÷ Height (h1) of the small box

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EXAMPLE 1:
PROBLEM:
The small boxes must be packed in the big box.
Verify which of the following packaging options will be the most cost
effective:
Option 1: The length of the small box along the length of the large
box/container
Option 2: The width of the small box along the length of the large
box/container
Show all calculations to justify your answer.

OPTION 1:
The length of the small box along
the length of the large box / container

Length - wise:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the LENGTH
= length of large box ÷ length of small box
= 56 ÷ 7 = 8 boxes

Width - wise:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the WIDTH
= width of large box ÷ width of small box
= 40 ÷ 4 = 10 boxes

Height - wise:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the HEIGHT
= Height of big box ÷ Height of small box
= 24 ÷ 6 = 4 boxes

TOTAL BOXES PACKED

= Number at length × Number at width × Number at height
= 8 × 10 × 4
= 320 boxes
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OPTION 2:
The width of the small box along the length of the large box /
container.

Length-wise:
The number of small boxes packed along the LENGTH
= Length of large box ÷ width of small box
= 56 ÷ 4 = 14 boxes

Width - wise:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the WIDTH
= Width of large box ÷ length of small box
= 40 ÷ 7 = 5.7 ≈ 5

Height:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the
HEIGHT
= Height of big box ÷ Height of small box
= 24 ÷ 6 = 4 boxes

TOTAL BOXES PACKED

= Number on length × Number on width × Number on height
= 14 × 5 × 4
= 280 boxes

Conclusion:
Option 1
(More boxes can be packed, and it will be more compact)

ANSWERING TECHNIQUES:
Make sure all units of measurement are exactly the same
Use headings e.g., Length - wise etc.
Write down your formula, which indicates exactly which values
you need to use.
Use only the Natural Numbers; ignore decimals.
Use your calculator correctly for calculations.

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DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF CYLINDRICAL TINS/CANS IN A

RECTANGULAR CONTAINER / LARGE BOX:

Length - wise: The DIAMETER of the tin is packed along the LENGTH
of the large container / box.
CALCULATION:
The number of tins that can be packed along the LENGTH =
Length (ℓ) of large container / box ÷ diameter (d1) of the tin

Width - wise: The DIAMETER of the tin packed along the WIDTH of
the large container / box.
CALCULATION:
The number of tins that can be packed along the WIDTH =
Width (w) of large container / box ÷ diameter (d1) of the tin

Height-wise: How many tins can be packed along the height?

CALCULATION:
The number of tins that can be packed along the HEIGHT
= Height (h) of large container / box ÷ Height (h1) of the tin

TOTAL TINS/CANS PACKED

= number at length × number at width × number at height

NUMBER OF TINS/CANS PACKED ON BASIS = number at length ×

number at width

NB: Diameter = 2 × radius

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EXAMPLE 2:
PROBLEM
Determine how many cans/tins can be packed in the box. Show all
calculations.

SOLUTION:
Diameter = 3.5 × 2 = 7 cm
Conversion: Height = 180 mm ÷ 10 = 18 cm
Length - wise:
The number of cans/tins that can be packed along the LENGTH
= Length of large box ÷ diameter of the tin
= 85 ÷ 7
= 12,14 ≈ 12 cans/tins

Width - wise:
The number of cans/tins that can be packed along the WIDTH
= Width of large container / box ÷ diameter of the tin
= 43 ÷ 7
= 6,14 ≈ 6 cans/tins

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Height - wise:
The number of cans/tins that can be packed next to HEIGHT
= Height of large container / box ÷ Height of the tin
= 18 ÷ 8.57
= 2,1 ≈ 2 (cans/tins/layers)
TOTAL CANS/TINS PACKED
= number at length × number at width × number at height
= 12 × 6 × 2
= 144 tins

TOTAL TINS/CANS PACKED = number at length × number at width × number at height

NUMBER OF TINS/CANS PACKED ON BASIS = number at length × number at width

1. Calculate the number of small boxes that can be packed in the

ACTIVITY ON PACKAGING: large container/box if the length (ℓ) of the small box is packed
along the width(w) of the container / box.

2. A box of 24 cans of Diet Coke is displayed.

The radius of a can of Diet Coke is 3.5 cm.

The cans are packed as in the picture.
Calculate the minimum length and minimum width of the box to
contain the 24 cans of Diet Coke.

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3. Use the bookshelf and a book's dimensions to determine how

many books can be packed into the TWO shelves if the books are
packed in its width (w) along the length of the bookshelf.

4. Use the following diagrams to answer the question that follows:

Verify which of the following packaging options will be the most

cost-effective:
Option 1: The length (ℓ) of the box along the length of the trailer
Option 2: The width (w) of the box along the length of the trailer
NB: Show all calculations to justify your answer.

ANSWERS: ACTIVITY ON PACKAGING

1. The length of the box is packed along the width of the

container/box:

Conversion of box width = 87 mm ÷ 10 = 8,7 cm

Width - wise:
The number of boxes that can be packed along the WIDTH
= Width of large box ÷ length of small box
= 42.1 ÷ 10.2
= 4,127 ≈ 4 boxes

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Length - wise:
The number of small boxes packed along the LENGTH
= Length of large box ÷ width of small box
= 54.8 ÷ 8.7
= 6,298 ≈ 6 boxes

Height - wise:
The number of small boxes that can be packed along the HEIGHT
= Height of big box ÷ Height of small box
= 33.5 ÷ 6.5
= 5,153 ≈ 5 boxes / layers

TOTAL BOXES PACKED = number at height × number at width ×

number at height
=4×6×5
= 120 boxes

2. Diameter = 2 × 3,5 = 7

Minimum length = 7 × 6
= 42 cm

Minimum width = 7 × 4
= 28 cm

3. Conversion of width of book = 36 mm ÷ 10 = 3.6 cm

Number of books on 1 shelf = 90 ÷ 3.6

= 25 books

Number of books on 2 shelves = 25 × 2

= 50 books

4. OPTION 1:
The length of the box along the length of the trailer.

Length - wise:
The number that can be packed along the LENGTH
= length of trailer ÷ length of the box
= 10 ÷ 0.31
= 32.25
≈ 32 boxes

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Width - wise:
The number of boxes that can be packed along the WIDTH
= width of trailer ÷ width of the box
= 2.8 ÷ 0.25
= 11.2 ≈ 11 boxes

Height - wise:
The number of boxes that can be packed along the HEIGHT
= Height of trailer ÷ height of the box
= 2.4 ÷ 0.2
= 12 boxes

TOTAL BOXES PACKED

= number at height × number at width × number at height
= 32 × 11 × 12
= 4 224 boxes

OPTION 2:
The width of the boxes along the length of the trailer

Length - wise:
The number of boxes packed along the length
= Length of trailer ÷ width of the box
= 10 ÷ 0.25
= 40 boxes

Width - wise:
The number of boxes that can be packed along the
WIDTH
= Width of trailer ÷ length of the box
= 2.8 ÷ 0.31
= 9.03 ≈ 9 boxes

Height - wise:
The number of boxes that can be packed along the
HEIGHT
= Height of trailer ÷ height of the box
= 2.4 ÷ 0.2 = 12 boxes

TOTAL BOXES PACKED

= number at height × number at width × number at height
= 40 × 9 × 12
= 4 320 boxes

Conclusion:
Option 2
(More boxes can be packed, and it will be more compact)
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