MINISTRY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

MASHONALAND EAST PROVINCE; MUTOKO DISTRICT

FACILITATORS’ GUIDE
COMPONENT D
SUBJECT MATHEMATICS CALA D

LEVEL FORM 4

CALA TYPE PROBLEM SOLVING

TOPIC ALGEBRA - INEQUALITIES

SUBTOPIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING

BACKGROUND

Sometimes we are faced with complex decisions to make. Mathematical skills can be applied to solve such problems. For example Mrs Danda a poultry
farmer keeps chickens and turkeys and wants to sell some of her stock to raise money to buy some feeds. She wants to sell at least 5 chickens and not
more than 8 turkeys. The number of turkeys she wishes to sell should be equal or more than the number of chickens. A chicken costs $6 and a turkey costs
$ 8. Let x be the number of chickens and y be the number of turkeys. How many of each does she need to sell to get the maximum amount.

CONCEPTS/SKILLS

 Inequality formulating
 Drawing inequality graphs
 Use of graphs to make informed decisions

DIMENSIONS/CRITERIA TO BE USED

 Creating inequalities
  Drawing a Cartesian plane using a chosen scale
 Representing the inequalities graphically
 Use diagram to make best decision

OBJECTIVES TO BE ASSESSED

 Creation of inequalities from word problems

 Choosing a suitable scale for the graph
 Drawing the graph
 Interpreting the graph

CALA CONTENT

The learner will:

 Form inequalities from word problems

 Choosing a suitable scale for graph drawing
 Drawing graph
 Interpreting the graph

TEACHER NOTES

 Check the correct formulation of inequalities

 Check on use of suitable scale
 Check correctness of graph
 Check on interpretation
 2 weeks
MARKING GUIDE/SCHEME MATHS CALA COMPONENT D

CALA DESCRIPTION MARK NOTES

ALLOCATION
inequality Correct inequalities 6
formulation
Choice of scale Choosing suitable scale 2

Graph drawing - Correctness of graph 8

- neatness
Problem solving Use of graph to solve given problem 4

ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS

Component/dimensions/skills/ Excellent achievement Good achievement Satisfactory Partial achievement Inadequate achievement
knowledge (17-20) (13-16) achievement (5-8)
(9-12) (0-4)
Formulating inequalities (6) (6) (4-5) (2-3) (1) (0)
Correct inequalities missing 1 to 2 marks missing 3 to 4marks missing 5 marks missing 6 marks
Choice of scale(2) (2) (1) (0)
Appropriate scale missing 1 mark missing 2 marks
Graph drawing (7-8) (5-6) (3-4) (1-2) (0)
missing 1 mark missing 3 to 4 marks missing 5 to 6 marks missing 6 marks
- accurate graph
- neat graph
Problem solving (6) (4) (3) missing 1 mark (2) missing 2 marks (1) missing 3 marks (0) missing 4 marks
LEARNER GUIDE MATHS COMPONENT D

Activities

You are required to

 Formulate inequalities from word problems

 Select a suitable scale to plot the graph
 Draw the graph
 Interpret the graph to determine the maximum income

How you will be assessed

The teacher will assess you on

 Correct formulation of inequalities

 use of a suitable scale
 graph plotting skills
 neatness
 graph interpretation