Free NBT Quantitative Literacy Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

A bar chart shows that 3,200 students enrolled in 2022 and 4,000 in 2023. What is the percentage increase in enrolment?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

20%

Answer

30%

Answer

35%

Question 2

A pie chart shows that 40% of a university's students study Science, 30% study Humanities, and 30% study Commerce. If there are 6,000 students in total, how many study Science?

Accepted Answer

2,400

Answer

1,800

Answer

2,000

Answer

2,200

Question 3

A student earns R850 per week from a part-time job. After paying R200 for transport and R150 for food, what fraction of the original earnings remains?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

5/9

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/5

Question 4

A graph shows that rainfall in Cape Town increases steadily from April to June, then decreases sharply from July to September. Based on this, which month likely had the highest rainfall?

Accepted Answer

June

Answer

April

Answer

May

Answer

July

Question 5

A table shows the number of students passing Mathematics: 2020=450, 2021=510, 2022=480, 2023=540. What is the mean (average) number of passes?

Accepted Answer

495

Answer

480

Answer

490

Answer

500

Question 6

A product originally costs R240. It is discounted by 15%. What is the sale price?

Accepted Answer

R204

Answer

R192

Answer

R200

Answer

R210