Essential Skills Wales Essential Application of Number Skills (EAoNS) Level 2 controlled task Candidate pack Compare the costs of holidays Sample 1 Candidate name: Candidate number: Unique Learner Number (ULN) (if applicable): Date registered for EAoNS with awarding body: Centre name: Centre number: You have up to 5 hours in total to complete this controlled task, although that time can be split over a number of sessions. Details of when each session started and ended must be recorded below Date controlled task started: Date controlled task completed (no more than eight weeks later): Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8 Date Date Date Date Date Date Date Duration Duration Duration Duration Duration Duration Duration Duration Total time spent: If more than eight sessions are required, any further dates/durations should be recorded on a separate sheet. Produced jointly by the four Essential Skills awarding bodies: Agored Cymru City & Guilds Pearson WJEC
This task pack contains a scenario, a set of instructions and some source material. Make sure you read through the scenario, instructions and source material carefully before you start. You will be supervised throughout your time working on this task, although during that time you can use most of the equipment that would normally be available to you in a real-life situation (this may include accessing the internet). All work submitted must be entirely your own. You are not allowed to be given any help with the skills that are being assessed through this controlled task. Make sure you hand in all of your work at the end of each session. You are not allowed to take any task materials away with you, or have access to these between sessions. Make sure you sign the declaration at the back of this pack at the end of your final session working on this task. 2 Essential Application of Number Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1
Task instructions: Compare the costs of holidays What do you need to find out? The scenario Two of your friends are planning a holiday next February. They would like to go to Rome (Italy) or Cairo (Egypt). They have asked for your help in planning the holiday. The aim of this task is to: investigate the costs of a one week holiday in each city compare the costs of car hire compare the temperatures in each city investigate the cost of car hire use conversion rates for currency make decisions based on your findings What you need to do Part 1 Make a detailed plan to show how you will do this task. You should consider: What information do I need to find? Where can I find the information? What calculations will I need to do? How will I present my findings? For Parts 2 and 3, you must show all your workings for calculations. You must also show how you have checked a range of calculations. Part 2 Work out and compare the costs of accommodation and flights for two people to Rome and Cairo Present your findings in a suitable way (Table, Comparative/Component Bar Chart or Pie Chart, Diagram or Line Graph) Find the total cost of car hire for 3 days. Your friends have a 7% discount voucher to use for car hire. Essential Communication Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1 3
Work out the average and range for the maximum temperatures and the minimum temperatures for one week in February 2015. Use your results to compare the temperatures in Rome and Cairo. Present your findings in a different way (Table, Chart, Diagram or Graph) Find a suitable source to convert currency between o British pounds and the Euro for Rome o British pounds and the Egyptian pound for Cairo. Use your findings to create and present a suitable graph, table or chart to help your friends convert different amounts of money into the local currency. State clearly where you found your source. Part 3 Explain what your results mean Describe how your methods and results meet the purpose of your task Recommend which city you think your friends should visit on holiday and give reasons why Resources you should use: Source 1 Table Cost of accommodation and flights for a number of hotels in Rome and Cairo Source 2 Formula For car hire costs Source 3 Bar Charts Highest and lowest temperatures in Rome for the same week in February 2015 Source 4 Primary data: Your own source for conversion rates between: British Pounds and Euro for Rome British Pounds and Egyptian Pound for Cairo 4 Essential Application of Number Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1
How will you do it? 1) You need to carry out calculations from at least two of the following categories: A. Amounts or sizes B. Scales or proportion C. Handling statistics You may use a calculator for some of the calculations but should also use manual methods in some instances. Show how you have checked your methods and calculations Work to a level of accuracy appropriate for the situation 2) You must include at least five of the following: Carry out calculations involving two or more steps, with numbers of any size, with and without a calculator Use mental arithmetic involving whole numbers and simple fractions Work with, and convert between fractions, decimals and percentages Calculate with sums of money and convert between currencies Calculate within a system and between systems using: Conversion tables and scales Approximate conversion factors Use proportions and calculate using ratios Compare sets of data of a suitable size, selecting and using the mean/median/mode as appropriate Use range to describe the spread within sets of data Understand and use relevant formulae Calculate efficiently using whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages 3) You must then choose how to present the results of your calculations, using two different and appropriate ways from the following: Tables Comparative/ Component Bar Charts or Pie Charts Line Graphs Diagrams Essential Communication Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1 5
You must: Explain why the ways you have chosen to present your results are appropriate to meet the purpose of the Task Present your methods and findings effectively Explain what your results mean and how and/or if the methods and results met their purpose and were appropriate to the task 6 Essential Application of Number Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1
Source 1 Cost of return flights and accommodation Sunny Hotel (Star Rating 3 out of 5) 203 per person Rome 7 nights, from Thu 4 Feb Out: Manchester > Rome Ret: Rome > Manchester 222 per person Dep:Thu 11 Feb 2016 at Dep:Thu 04 Feb at 06:30 10:35 Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at Arr:Thu 04 Feb at 10:10 12:30 Arcade Hotel (Star Rating 3 out of 5) Rome Out: Manchester > Rome Ret: Rome > Manchester 250 per person Dep:Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Dep:Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 06:30 10:35 Arr:Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 10:10 12:30 Holiday Hotel Rome (Star Rating 4 out of 5) Rome Room only Out: Manchester > Rome Dep:Thu 04 Feb 2016 at 06:30 Arr:Thu 04 Feb 2016 at 10:10 Ret: Rome > Manchester Dep:Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 10:35 Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 12:30 Essential Communication Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1 7
279 per person Rhyme Hotel (Star Rating 3 out of 5) Rome Out: Manchester > Rome Ret: Rome > Manchester 464 per person Dep:Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Dep:Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 06:30 10:35 Arr:Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 10:10 12:30 Elizabeth Cairo Hotel (Star Rating 3 out of 5) Cairo 493 per person Out: Manchester > Cairo Ret: Cairo > Manchester Dep: Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Dep: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 17:40 03:00 Arr: Fri 05 Feb 2016 at Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 02:10 11:15 Grand Inn Cairo (Star Rating 4 out of 5) Cairo 523 per person Out: Manchester > Cairo Ret: Cairo > Manchester Dep: Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Dep: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 17:40 03:00 Arr: Fri 05 Feb 2016 at Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 02:10 11:15 Out: Manchester > Cairo Ret: Cairo > Manchester Pyramids Suites Hotel (Star Rating 5 out of 5) Cairo 8 Essential Application of Number Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1
632 per person Out: Manchester > Cairo Ret: Cairo > Manchester Dep: Thu 04 Feb 2016 at Dep: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 17:40 03:00 Arr: Fri 05 Feb 2016 at Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 02:10 11:15 Out: Manchester > Cairo Ret: Cairo > Manchester Pyramid Hotel (Star Rating 5 out of 5) Cairo Out: Manchester > Cairo Dep: Thu 04 Feb 2016 at 17:40 Arr: Fri 05 Feb 2016 at 02:10 Out: Manchester > Cairo Ret: Cairo > Manchester Dep: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 03:00 Arr: Thu 11 Feb 2016 at 11:15 Ret: Cairo > Manchester Essential Communication Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1 9
Source 2 A British based car hire company uses this formula to find the total cost of car hire in other countries. T = 57.5d + i where T is the total cost of the car hire in d is the number of days i is the cost of insurance in The cost of insurance is 54.99 10 Essential Application of Number Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1
Source 3 18 High and Low Temperatures: Rome February 2015 16 14 12 o C 10 8 6 high low 4 2 0 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Date in February 2015 High and Low temperatures: Cairo February 2015 35 30 25 o C 20 15 10 high low 5 0 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Date in February 2015 Essential Communication Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1 11
Source 4 Primary data: Your own source for conversion rates between: British Pounds and Euro for Rome British Pounds and Egyptian Pound for Cairo 12 Essential Application of Number Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1
Declarations The candidate and assessor declarations must be completed. Candidate name: Candidate declaration: I confirm that this is entirely my own work and it was completed during the supervised sessions stated on the front cover. Candidate signature Date For centre staff and awarding body use only Assessor declaration: I confirm that this candidate has met the standard required for the controlled task. The controlled task was conducted under the specified conditions and completed within the working period and working time requirements. Assessor signature Date Internal quality assurer (IQA) declaration: (if sampled) I have internally quality assured this work and confirm that the standards have been met. IQA signature Date External quality assurer (EQA) declaration: (if sampled) I have externally quality assured this work and confirm that the standards have been met. EQA signature Date Essential Communication Skills Level 2 controlled task SAMPLE 1 13