TAP> Mathematics Level 4
Course Purpose: This unit standard will be useful to people who aim to achieve recognition at some level in Further Education and Training or to meet the Fundamental requirement of a wide range of qualifications registered on the National Qualifications …
Course Purpose:
This unit standard will be useful to people who aim to achieve recognition at some level in Further Education and Training or to meet the Fundamental requirement of a wide range of qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework. People credited with this unit standard can use mathematics to plan and control personal and household budgets, income, and expenditures. Use simple and compound interest to make sense of and define various situations, including investments, stokvels, inflation, appreciation and depreciation. Investigate various aspects of financial transactions, including costs, prices, revenue, cost price, selling price, loss and profit..
What you’ll learn
This unit standard is essential for individuals seeking recognition in Further Education and Training or aiming to fulfill the fundamental requirements of numerous qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework. Participants credited with this unit standard will gain proficiency in using mathematics to plan and manage personal and household budgets, incomes, and expenditures. The course will cover the application of simple and compound interest to various scenarios, including investments, stokvels, inflation, appreciation, and depreciation. Additionally, learners will investigate different aspects of financial transactions, encompassing costs, prices, revenue, cost price, selling price, loss, and profit.

Duration: 1 Day
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Course Curriculum
Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 14 Lessons
- 1 Day
- Unit 1: Use mathematics to plan and control financial instrumentsASSESSMENT CRITERIA3
- 0.0Plans are sufficient to ensure effective control of financial instruments
- 0.1Calculations are carried out using computational tools efficiently and correctly and solutions obtained are verified in terms of the context
- 0.2Measures used for control purposes are appropriate to the need and are in line with control plans
- Unit 2: Use simple and compound interest to make sense of and define a variety of situationsASSESSMENT CRITERIA4
- 0.0The differences between simple and compound interest are described in terms of their common applications and effects
- 0.1Methods of calculation are appropriate to the problem types
- 0.2Computational tools are used efficiently and correctly and solutions obtained are verified in terms of the context or problem
- 0.3Solutions to calculations are used effectively to define the changes over a period of time
- Unit 3: Investigate various aspects of costs and revenueASSESSMENT CRITERIA4
- 0.0Values are calculated correctly
- 0.1Mathematical tools and systems are used effectively to determine and describe the relationships between the various aspects of costs and revenue
- 0.2Terminology is used in the correct context
- 0.3Reasonable methods are described for the control of costs and optimisation of profits in relation to given data
- Unit 4: Use mathematics to debate aspects of the national and global economyASSESSMENT CRITERIA3
Requirements
- Grade 11
- NQF Level 3