In this activity we use the context of a new office kitchen to ask learners to think about calculating areas and perimeters of rectangular shapes. Learners are asked to work out how many wall and floor tiles of different sizes they will need to tile specific areas. They are also asked to calculate the costs of the different tiles.

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This activity extends learners map reading skills. Learners are again asked to think about directions and scale but now also distance, speed, time. They are asked to think about how the time of day affects traffic flow and traveling time. They are asked to read aeroplane timetables and to book a flight. They are asked to schedule a meeting that best suits a person who has to fly in from another city and leave on the same day. Usually business administrators will get someone else to find the most convenient flight to book, but it is useful for them to have an understanding of what things limit the possible suitable flights.

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This is a long item assessment designed for Grade 11 based on the scenario of starting a home industry to make chutney preserve. The package consists of the assessment instructions, a recipe, a list of ingredients with prices, an answer book and a rubric. The item consists of 8 related tasks. Learners are assessed on calculating volume, applying ratio, determining the best buy, calculating cost, drawing a pie chart, calculating costs per unit, calculating sales price based on percentage markup and determining profit. [Designed and submitted by Marius Pretorius]