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Curriculum Development Division Ministry Of Education Malaysia Additional Mathematics Project Work 2/2013
CONTENT
NO. TITTLE PAGE
1.
Acknowledgement
2.
Objectives
3.
Part I
4.
Part II
5.
Part III
6.
Part IV
7.
Reflection
8.
Reference
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I wish to express gratitude to Allah SWT for His guidance and also give me strength and health to do this project work. Finally, the Additional Mathematics Project Work 2 was successfully completed with inspiration, the gift and the instructions were given by Him. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad SAW and the family, next to his companions and tabiin, the gentlemen scholars until the servants of God who follow in their footsteps. Not forgotten to my parents who always make sure that I have been educating and nurturing of small though this day in devotion to God Almighty. They also had providing everything such as money , to buy anything that are related to this project, their advice, which is the most needed for this project and facilities such as internet, books, computers and all that. They also supported me and encouraged me to complete this task so that I will not procrastinate in doing it. Then, infinity of appreciation and gratitude goes to my teacher, Madam Azzah bt Yaacob for guiding throughout this project. Even I had some difficulties in doing this task, but she taught me patiently until we knew what to do. She tried and tried to teach me until I understand what I am supposed to do with the project work. Besides, my friends who were doing this project with me. Even this project is individually but we are cooperated doing this project especially in discussion and sharing ideas to ensure our task will finish completely. Last but not least, any party which involved either directly or indirect in completing this project work. May Allah give a great reward for all His servants that are always helpful in upholding His religion. Thank you everyone.
OBJECTIVES
Every student taking Additional Mathematics is required to carry out a project work in Form 5. The aims of carrying out project work are: a. to apply and adapt a variety of problem- solving strategies to solve problems; b. to improve thinking skills; c. to promote effective mathematical communication; d. to develop mathematical knowledge through problem solving in a way that increases students interest and confidence; e. to use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely; f. to provide learning environment that stimulates and enhances effective learning; g. to develop positive attitude towards mathematics.
PART I
a. Describe in brief i. Price Index ii. Weightage iii. Composite index PRICE INDEX
Measure of change in a set of prices, consisting of a series of numbers arranged so that a comparison of the values for any two periods or places will show the change in prices between periods or the difference in prices between places. Price indexes were first developed to measure changes in the cost of living in order to determine the wage increases necessary to maintain a constant standard of living. There are two basic types. Laspeyres-type indexes define a market basket of goods in a base period, then use the prices for those goods to examine change over space and time. In its simplest form, this is simply the ratio of what those goods cost today to what they cost in the base period. The two most familiar indexes of this type are the consumer price index (CPI) and the producer price index (PPI). The CPI measures changes in retail prices in such component parts as food, clothing, and shelter. The PPI (formerly called the wholesale price index) measures changes in the prices charged by manufacturers and wholesalers. Paschal-type indexes define a market basket of goods in the current period, then use the prices of those goods from past periods. The most familiar index of this type is the GDP deflator, used in the U.S. in the national income accounting to differentiate amounts in constant dollars from those in current dollars. WEIGHTAGE
Weightage means preference of one product in comparison to other product. On the other hand we can say weightage means giving the value of the specific or particular matter or subject higher or lesser than that of or in comparison to similar one. The factors of weightage are The more risk, the more weightage, the longer the period, more the risk, more the uses of Banks facility, less the weightage and last but not least less the Uses of Banks facility, more the benefit weightage and moral dimension or ethical values. COMPOSITE INDEX
A grouping of equities, indexes or other factors combined in a standardized way, providing a useful statistical measure of overall market or sector performance over time. Usually, a composite index has a large number of factors which are averaged together to form a product representative of an overall market or sector. For example, the Nasdaq Composite index is a market capitalization-weighted grouping of approximately 5,000 stocks listed on the Nasdaq market. These indexes are useful tools for measuring and tracking price level changes to an entire stock market or sector. Therefore, they provide a useful benchmark against which to measure an investor's portfolio. The goal of a well diversified portfolio is usually to outperform the main composite indexes.
b. State four ways of weightage representations. Find the examples of the representations using internet or any printed materials. Degree For example :
PART II
We often hear complaints from the public about inflation. It causes an increase in the household expenditure in a family. The household expenditure for every family is different. a. Complete Table 1 for your familys monthly expenditure for the year 2013
Item
Average Monthly Expenditure for the year 2013 (to the nearest RM) 700 650
Food Accomodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan / Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water / Electricity / Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous TOTAL Table 1
6 8 28 4 6 5 18 100
Comment : My family used up money on education as education is important in our life. My family often buys new books every weeks as for us reading is the key to success in life no matter how much the cost of the book. Instead, my family used least money on recreation due to busy of works and studies.
b. If we want to compare the cost of living from one year to another, we have to calculate the price index that involves some of the items mentioned above. i. In order to calculate the price index of all the items above, we have to consider the average monthly expenses of any previous year as the base year. Select the appropriate year as the base year.
ii.
Item Food Accomodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol / Loan / Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water / Electricity / Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous TOTAL
Average monthly expenses for the year 2011 as the base year (RM) 596 548 250 350 1305 97 252 194 908 4500 Table 2
Average monthly expenses for the year 2013 (RM) 642 594 321 412 1374 183 320 275 920 5041
c. ) 3 . Item Food Accomodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol / Loan / Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water / Electricity / Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous TOTAL
Price indices for the 2013 based on the year 2011 108 108 128 118 105 189 127 142 101 1126
Weightage 35 35 41 38 34 60 40 45 32 360
ii) Hence, calculate the composite index for the average monthly expenditure in the year 2013 based on the selected base year.
= 101.94 d. Make a conclusion about your familys expenditure based on your findings. From the findings, I can see the increasing of my familys expenditure especially on recreation. When all of us are bigger, more pressure on us as more thing have to be done. So, spending time with family for recreation will be the best solution for us to handle the pressure.
= 36698 360
PART III
Your family is planning to buy a new television set. a. You have conducted a survey on the price of the television for two different brands from three different shops. You would like to make a comparison between two modes of payment, namely, cash payment and payment by installment. Table 4(a) shows the prices of televisions by cash payment in three different shops whereas Table 4(b) shows the prices of televisions by installment. Complete Table 4(a) and 4(b) using the data you obtained.
Cash payment
Size of Television (inches) 24 32 40 24 32 40 Price (RM) Shop A 1650 2050 2999 1900 2300 3050 Shop B 1900 2300 3150 2300 2500 3300 Table 4(a) Shop C 1500 1980 2890 1650 2050 3000 Mean Price (RM) 1683 2110 3013 1950 2283 3117 Standard Deviation (RM) 168.4 137.4 106.6 267.7 188.2 123.1
Brand
Payment by installment
Brand Size of Television (inches) 24 32 40 24 32 40 Price (RM) Shop A 1950 2350 3299 2200 2600 3350 Shop B 2185 2585 3435 2585 2785 3585 Table 4(b) Shop C 1950 2430 3340 2100 2500 3450 Mean Price (RM) 2028 2455 3358 2295 2628 3462 Standard Deviation (RM) 116.7 97.55 56.96 209.1 125.3 83.45
b. Determine the brand and size of the television that you have decided to buy. Give your reasons based on the findings from part (a) above. I have decided to buy television from brand A with the size of 40 inch. The reasons of my choice are because the prices for brand A are more cheaper than brand B paid by cash nor installment. We can see it from my findings as the measure of dispersion for brand A is lower than brand B. The lower the measure of dispersion from the mean and standard deviation from zero, the lower the prices of the televisions. So, I strongly choose television from brand A with the size 40 inch.
c. The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs wishes to present the Fair Prices Shop Award for one of the above shops. If you are one of the panels for this award, determine the shops that deserve the award. Do you consider the value of mean and the value of standard deviation in making your decision? Give your justification. In my opinion, the Fair Prices Shop Award should be given to Shop B. As one of the panels, I consider the value of mean and the value of standard deviation in making my decision as I think it is important for us to know the unit of dispersion for each shop. Here are the brief reason why I used the method. The mean of set of prices the sum of the prices divided by the number of prices. Along with the median and the mode, the mean is just one measure of the central tendency of a set of scores, but the mean is by far the most common and the most useful. Although the mean tells us where the center of a set of scores is, it does not tell us how variable those scores are. So in addition to a measure of central tendency, we need a measure of variability. Standard deviation measures how spread out the values in a data set are around the mean. More precisely, it is a measure of the average distance between the values of the data in the set and the mean. If the data values are all similar, then the standard deviation will be low (closer to zero). If the data values are highly variable, then the standard variation is high (further from zero). So, from my calculation and findings it is clearly shown that Shop B have a lower measure of dispersion means the prices is maintain at one stage. So, in my opinion I will choose Shop B to receive the Fair Prices Shop Award.
PART IV
a. Your family has a fixed monthly income. In order to buy the television, your family needs to make some adjustment on the various types of expenditure. [You can choose to pay by cash or by installment] Show the average monthly expenditure that you have modified in a table. b. Assuming you has just started working with a monthly salary of RM 2500. You intend to save 10% of your salary every month. Plan your monthly expenditure as in Table 1 above and add other items such as savings and contributions to your parents.
REFLECTION
While doing this project, I have spent countless hours doing this project. I realized that this subject is compulsory to me. Without it, I cant fulfill my big dreams and wishes.
I used to Hate Additional Mathematics It always make me wonder why this subject is so difficult It always an absolute obstacle for me Throughout day and night I sacrificed my precious time to have fun From Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday And even the weekend that I always looking forward to From now on, I will do my best on every second That I will learn Additional Mathematics full of effort!!! And with the help of Madam Azzah