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Grade 12 Mathematical Literacy — Data Handling: STATSSA Table

STATSSA Land Passenger Transport: Reading and Interpreting a Data Table

What this quiz covers

grade12ml_data_handling_quiz3 draws its questions at random from a bank of 12 questions, with full worked solutions for every one.


Worked examples

A few of the question types, with full solutions, so you know what to expect.

Write down the month with the highest income for rail transportation.

  1. September
  2. March
  3. February
  4. October

Answer: September

\(\text{Read down the RAIL income column and find the largest value.}\)

\(\text{September} = \text{R}275\text{ million, the highest of the twelve months.}\)

Calculate the mean monthly income for rail transportation (in R millions).

  1. R244,92 million
  2. R244,00 million
  3. R2 939 million
  4. R275,00 million

Answer: R244,92 million

\(\text{Add all twelve rail income values: total} = 2\,939\)

\(\text{mean}=\dfrac{2\,939}{12}\)

\(=244{,}9166\ldots\)

Calculate the road transportation income for April as a percentage of the total land income for April.

  1. 75,74%
  2. 24,26%
  3. 13,20%
  4. 7,57%

Answer: 75,74%

\(\text{April road income} = \text{R}743\text{ m; April total land income} = \text{R}981\text{ m}\)

\(\dfrac{743}{981}\times100\)

\(=75{,}739\ldots\%\)

Write down the total number of land passenger journeys for December.

  1. 45 905 thousand
  2. 23 592 thousand
  3. 22 313 thousand
  4. 999 thousand

Answer: 45 905 thousand

\(\text{Read the TOTAL LAND passenger journeys column for December.}\)

\(\text{Check: } 23\,592 + 22\,313 = 45\,905\)

Write down in words the total number of passenger journeys for September.

  1. Sixty-five million one hundred and sixty-eight thousand
  2. Sixty-five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight
  3. Six hundred and fifty-one million six hundred and eighty thousand
  4. Sixty-five million one hundred and sixty-eight

Answer: Sixty-five million one hundred and sixty-eight thousand

\(\text{September total land journeys} = 65\,168\text{ thousand}\)

\(\text{The values are in THOUSANDS: } 65\,168\times1\,000 = 65\,168\,000\)