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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2 2013

NAME : Rachael CLASS : 5 Apple IC NUMBER : 960 SUBJECT TEACHER : ..

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Acknowledgement Objectives Introduction .. Part 1 .. Task Specification . Strategies Part 2 .. Part 3 .. Part 4 ............... Further Exploration . Conclusion . Reflection Reference ..

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Firstly, I would also like to show my greatest gratitude towards the endless guidance and support given by my Additional Mathematics Subject teacher, Pn. Goh Siew Kimg She has been patiently guiding us and giving much relevant information to ensure that this coursework would be a success.

Secondly, I would like to acknowledge and range my earnest appreciation to my parents, my dad Michael Cheong Teck Foo and my mom Joanne Lee Chew Hoon for giving me support in every ways, such as money, to buy anything that are related to this project and their advise, which is the most needed for this project .

Apart from that, my friends who were doing this project same as mine and shared our ideas. They were helpful that we combined and discussed together, but however, this task was done individually. I thank them for helping me in solving some of the calculations.

Besides that, other parties are also gratefully thanked for helping out in this project. Throughout this project, I acquired many valuable skills, and hope that in the years to come, those skills will be put to good use.

Finally, I would like to thank God, for giving me the strength and health to do this project work. Thank you, everyone.

OBJECTIVE
We students taking Additional Mathematics are required to carry out a project work while we are in Form 5. This year the Curriculum Development Division, Ministry of Education has prepared two tasks for us. We are to choose and complete only ONE task based on our area of interest. This project must be done individually. Upon completion of the Additional Mathematics Project Work, we are to gain valuable experiences and able:

To apply and adapt a variety of problem-solving strategies to solve problem. To improve thinking skills. To promote effective mathematical communication. To develop mathematical knowledge through problem solving in a way that increases students interest and confidence. To provide learning environment that stimulates and enhances effective learning. To develop positive attitude towards mathematics

INTRODUCTION
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE

The Household Income Survey (HIS) was conducted by the Department of Statistics, Malaysia since 1973. However, starting from 1987, The Basic Amenities Survey was conducted together with Household Income Survey and known as Household Income/Basic Amenities Survey (HIS/BA). The latest HIS/BA survey was carried out in 2009. The main objectives of the HIS/BA survey are to measure the economic well-being of the population. Besides, collect information on income distribution pattern of household classified by various socio-economic characteristics and also identify the poor groups. Not just that, the survey also collect information on basic amenities of household and study the effects of the implementation of national development program.

The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) was first conducted in the year 1957/58. Beginning 1993/94 it was carried out at an interval of five years and subsequently in 1998/99. The recent survey was undertaken in 2009/2010. The survey covers private households in urban and rural areas.

The main objective of HES is to collect information on the level and pattern of consumption expenditure by households on a comprehensive range of goods and services. This information serves as the basis for determining the goods and services to be included in the basket of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It is also used to update the CPI weights where the CPI is a measure of the average rate of change in prices of a fixed basket of goods and services which represent the expenditure pattern of households in Malaysia.

However, over the years, demand for data from the survey has increased and it is now used for several purposes. HES have become an invaluable source of information for government and private sectors, researchers and university students.

HISTORY OF PRICE INDEX No clear consensus has emerged on who created the first price index. The earliest reported research in this area came from Welsh poet Henry Rice Vaughan who examined price level change in his 1675 book A Discourse of Coin and Coinage. Vaughan wanted to separate the inflationary impact of the influx of precious metals brought by Spain from the New World from the effect due to currency debasement. Vaughan compared labor statutes from his own time to similar statutes dating back to Edward III. These statutes set wages for certain tasks and provided a good record of the change in wage levels. Vaughan reasoned that the market for basic labor did not fluctuate much with time and that a basic laborers salary would probably buy the same amount of goods in different time periods, so that a laborer's salary acted as a basket of goods. Vaughan's analysis indicated that price levels in England had risen six to eightfold over the preceding century.

While Vaughan can be considered a forerunner of price index research, his analysis did not actually involve calculating an index.[1] In 1707 Englishman William Fleetwood created perhaps the first true price index. An Oxford student asked Fleetwood to help show how prices had changed. The student stood to lose his fellowship since a fifteenth century stipulation barred students with annual incomes over five pounds from receiving a fellowship. Fleetwood, who already had an interest in price change, had collected a large amount of price data going back hundreds of years. Fleetwood proposed an index consisting of averaged price relatives and used his methods to show that the value of five pounds had changed greatly over the course of 260 years. He argued on behalf of the Oxford students and published his findings anonymously in a volume entitled Chronicon Preciosum.

INDEX NUMBER Index numbers are statistical measures designed to show changes in a variable or group of related variables with respect to time, geographic location or other characteristics such as income, profession, etc. A collection of index numbers for different years, locations, etc., is sometimes called an index series. SIMPLE INDEX NUMBER A simple index number is a number that measures a relative change ina single variable with respect to a base. COMPOSITE INDEX NUMBER A composite index number is a number that measures an average relative changes in a group of relative variables with respect to a base.

PART 1
(a) Describe in Brief : PRICE INDEX A price index is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of prices for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time. It is a statistic designed to help to compare how these prices, taken as a whole, differ between time periods or geographical locations. Price indexes have several potential uses. For particularly broad indices, the index can be said to measure the economy's price level or a cost of living. More narrow price indices can help producers with business plans and pricing. Sometimes, they can be useful in helping to guide investment.

WEIGHTAGE Weightage is a weighting factor assigned to compensate for a perceived disadvantage or a simple weight factor or ratio.

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. For example, the cost of living in a city may consist of many components like food, transportation, education, house rent and etc. The index number of an item representing collectively the indices of all components that constitute the item is known as the composite index.

(b)

State four ways of weightage representations. Find the example of the representations using internet or any printed material. Pictorial

Line Graph

 Pie Chart

210% 60% 40% 50%

Bar Chart

Series 3 Series 1

2 0 1 2 3 4 5

TASK SPECIFICATION

I have given a list of items of the familys monthly expenditure in a table form in the beginning of Part 2. Not only that, Im also given the sizes of television (INches) such as 24, 32, and 40 in the beginning of part 4. There are a few info required to complete this project. First of all is to fill up the given table in Part 1 on average monthly expenditure for the year 2013. Then, Calculate the price indices for the year 2013 based on the year 2012 and its weightage. After the overall findings, Calculate the composite index of the year 2013. Besides, I have to do survey in the lectronic shops in order to fill up the televisions prices in the table as given in Part 3 of the question paper. Not only that, I need to state which televisionan I purchasing and also its reason. Then I need to adjust my familys expenditure in order to buy the television. Lastly, Assumed have just started working. I need to plan on my monthly expenditure such as savings and contributions to my parents.

STRATEGIES
By completing this project, I am using the scientific calculator (Ex 570MS) to do the calculations. Besides, I also used Microsoft word to type my project accordingly and neatly instead of handing in a handwritten project work which is pretty messy and troublesome. Lastly, Im using some images, tables and charts to make my project look more intresting and neat.

PART 2

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) My familys monthly expenditure for the year 2013 Total Family Income = RM 8500

Item Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous Total

Average monthly expenditure for the year 2013 (to the nearest RM) 700 2500 800

Percentage of monthly expenses (to the nearest %) 11% 39% 12%

180 1500 200 412

3% 23% 3% 6%

50 150 6492 Table 1

1% 2% 100%

(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. ii.

I have chosen the year 2012 to be the based year. Table 2 shows the average monthly expenses for the year 2012 and the year 2013 Average monthly expenses for the year 2012 (RM) 600 2000 680 Average monthly expenses for the year 2013 (RM) 700 2500 800

Item Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous TOTAL

140 1500 160 340

180 1500 200 412

40 130 5590 Table 2

50 150 6492

(c) (i) Complete Table 3 based on the above information

Item Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous TOTAL

Price indices for the year 2013 based on the year 2012 116 125 118 128 100 125 121

Weightage (W) 11 39 12 3 23 3 6

125 115 1073 Table 3

1 2 100

Price index, I = PI

x 100 P0

Price index for food = 700 x 100 600 = 116 Weightage for food = 700 x 100 6492 = 10.8 = 11( nearest integer) Conjecture As the prices are increasing year by year, the household expenditure will then be increased. Therefore, I estimated the composite index of the year 2013 will increase by 17 %

(ii)

Calculate the composite index for the average monthly expenditure in the year 2013 based on the year 2012.

Item

Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous TOTAL

Price indices (I) for the year 2013 based on the year 2012 116 125 118

% increase in the year 2013 16% 25% 18%

Weightage (W)

(IW)

11 39 12

1276 4875 1416

128 100 125 121

28% 0% 25% 21%

3 23 3 6

384 2300 375 726

125 115 -

25% 15% Table 3(a)

1 2 100

125 230 11707

The above conjecture is proven by the following Composite index = 1276 + 4875 + 1416 + 384 + 2300 + 375 + 726 125 230 100 = 11707 100 = 117.07 = 117 ( nearest integer) The composite index is 117. This means that the cost of living in the year 2013 compared to the year 2012 had increased by 17%. Therefore, the above conjecture is proven to be true. Referring to the above calculation, I had analyzed the items accordingly from the most increment to the least increment. The highest increment among all of the items is clothing. The result of my calculations on clothing is increment of 28%.The item with the

second most increment is accommodation, recreation and medication which have increased as much as 25%. This is followed by utilities which have increased 21%, transportation which have an increment of 18%. Then, food and miscellaneous have increased by 16% and 15%. Lastly, there are no changes of expenses for education. The table below shows my personal suggestion on ways to reduce the expenditure for my family.

Item

Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication

Proposed percentage increase in expenditure in 2013 5% 10% 10%

Suggestions to reduce the percentage increase in the year 2013 Try not to eat expensive food all the time Rent cheaper house Utilize public transport instead of driving

15% 0% 15% 15%

Reduce buying branded products Remain Reduce outgoing expenses Reduce the usage of air conditioner and long phone talks Being health conscious by exercising more frequently as well as consuming more fruits and vegetables Spending on necessities only Table 3 (b)

15%

Miscellaneous

10%

The table below shows the amount decreased of my familys expenditure in 2013 by applying my suggestions. Percentage increase in Price indices ( I ) for the year 2013

Item of

Weightage

(IW)

expenditure

Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare etc) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous Total

2013 (my suggestion) 5% 5% 5%

based on the year 2012 111 115 108

(W)

11 39 12

1221 4485 1296

10% 0% 10% 15%

113 100 110 106

3 23 3 6

339 2300 330 636

15% 10% -

110 105 Table 3 (c)

1 2 100

110 210 10927

Composite index

= 1221 + 4485 + 1296 + 339 + 2300 + 330 + 636 +110 + 210 100 = 10927 100 = 109.27 = 109 ( nearest integer )

By applying the above suggestions, the composite index would decrease from 117 to 109.

(d) Conclusion about my familys expenditure based on my findings After doing research, answering questions, and some problem solving, I found that my familys expenditure have increased by 17% in the year 2013 compared to the year 2012 by

referring their price indices in Part 2 (Table 3)

The impact on a family if the cost of living increase by 17% in 2013 would base on the income of the family. The rising cost of living with the income of family remains the same will immense hardship to a family as they could not spend enough on their monthly expenditures.

The possible impact on a family if the cost of living increase by 17% in 2013 is they might be below poverty line. The increase in the general level of prices implies a decrease in the purchasing power of the currency. Thus, inflation occurs. One family will face problem like having difficulties in paying up their debts for house loans or rental as the increase of cost of living effects the economy and causing the house rental to be more expensive.

Table 3 (b) show some of my personal suggestion on ways to reduce the expenditure for my family. As for Table 3 (c) shows that the composite index of my familys expenditure decreased from 117 to 109 which is a reduction of 8%. This shows that there would be a 6.84 reduction in the cost of living in year 2013 after applying my suggestion.

PART 3
My family is planning to buy a new television set.

(a)

I have conducted a survey on the price of the television for two different brands from three different shops. I 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.

Brand

Samsung

Toshiba

Size of Television ( inches ) 24 32 40 24 32 40

Price ( RM ) Shop A 999 1599 2299 759 1399 2499 Shop B 959 1349 2599 699 1199 2599 Table 4(a) Shop C 979 1499 2299 789 1299 2199

Mean Price ( RM ) 979 1482.33 2399 749 1299 2432.33

Standard Deviation ( RM ) 16.33 102.74 141.42 37.42 81.65 169.97

Brand

Samsung

Toshiba

Size of Television ( inches ) 24 32 40 24 32 40

Price ( RM ) Shop A 978 1376 2651 713 1223 2651 Shop B 1008 1544 2368 813 1338 2265 Table 4(b) Shop C 999 1599 2299 759 1399 2499

Mean Price ( RM ) 995 1506.33 2439.33 761.67 1320 2471.67

Standard Deviation ( RM ) 12.57 94.86 152.30 40.87 72.97 158.76

(b)

Based on the finding from part (a) above, the brand and size of television that Ive decided to buy is Toshiba 24 inches television which is selling at RM699 in shop B. The mean of Toshiba 24 inches among three of the shop is RM 749, as you can see the price of the television Ive decided to buy is lower by RM 50 from the mean price.

By taking the mean to minus the standard deviation, is it RM 711.58. It is obvious that the television Ive decided to buy is still RM 12.58 cheaper after minus the standard deviation. Therefore, it is very affordable. The reason I buy this television is because of the price is cheapest among both of the brands and also the inches. With the same size of the screen, the television cost lesser by RM260 than the Samsung 24 inches which sells in the same shop. Besides, the functions of the Toshiba 24 inches television is more or less same as the Samsung 24 inches. Samsung brand is very popular nowadays therefore the price of the product has been increasing whereas Toshiba is less popular compared to Samsung therefore their prices are far cheaper. (c) The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs wishes to present the Fair Price Shop Award for one of the above shops. If I am the panels for this award, determine the shop that deserves the award. Mean ( RM ) 1592.33 1567.33 1510.67 Standard Deviation ( RM ) 633.17 756.76 569.15

Shop A B C

If I am one of the panel for the Fair Price Shop Award, I would choose to give the award to Shop C because the mean price among three of the shops is the lowest. Standard deviation for Shop C is also the lowest. It shows that the prices of television offered by Shop C are reasonable and affordable. Besides, many customers have been complimenting the service provided by the staffs there are very kind and helpful. Therefore, Shop C deserves to receive the Fair Price Shop Award.

PART 4

a) My family has a fixed monthly income. In order to buy the television, my family needs to make some adjustment on the various types of expenditure. Show the average monthly expenditure that you have modified in a table. I choose to pay by cash. Average monthly expenditure for the year 2013 (to the nearest RM) 700 2500 800 180 1500 200 412 After some adjustment on the average monthly expenditure (to the nearest RM) 625 2500 690 51 1500 50 312

Item

Food Accommodation (Rental / Loan) Transportation (Petrol/ Loan/ Bus fare) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/ Electricity/ Telephone) Medication Miscellaneous Total

50 150 6492 Table 5

10 20 5758

After adjusting my monthly expenditure, I have extra RM 734 to buy the television that Ive desire which is RM 699. After buying the television, the leftover is RM 35.

b) Assuming I have just started working with a monthly salary of RM 2500. I intend to save 10% of my salary every month. Table 6 below shows my monthly expenditure as in Table 1 above and other items such as savings and contributions to my parents.

The amount of saving from the monthly salary RM 2500 x 10 % = RM 250

Item

Average monthly expenditure for the year 2013 ( to the nearest RM ) 200 650 160 50 350 40 200 20 30 250 550 2500 Table 6

Food Accommodation ( Rental / Loan ) Transportation ( Petrol / Loan / Bus Fare ) Clothing Education Recreation Utilities (Water/Electricity/Telephone ) Medication Miscellaneous Savings Contribution to parents TOTAL

FURTHER EXPLORATION

The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) collects information from resident households in Singapore on their expenditure, income, savings and selected household characteristics.

The first HES were undertaken in 1956/57 and covered only the urban area. The second survey covering the whole country was carried out in 1972/73. Since then, the HES have been conducted once in every five years. This is the tenth HES conducted by the Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS) and will be carried out over 12 months from October 2012 to September 2013 to cover all festive seasons. Surveys of a similar nature are also conducted in other countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

One of the key objectives of the HES is to collect detailed information on the latest consumption expenditure of households in Singapore. Information on households socio economic characteristics, income and savings as well as ownership of consumer durables is collected. The data are used:

in studies on households expenditure and income and socio-economic characteristics; in studies on changes in the consumption habits of the population over the years; As inputs for formulation of policies

The HES data are also used to update the weighting pattern and the basket of goods and services used in the compilation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), commonly used as an indicator of inflation. As consumers lifestyles and spending habits change over time, the weighting pattern (relative importance of items) of the CPI needs to be reviewed periodically to reflect up-to-date spending patterns.

History of Household Expenditure Surveys in Singapore

Years Sample Size Key Initiatives

1956/57 1,200

First expenditure survey. Covered urban areas only. Required respondents to record their expenses over a one-month period. Second expenditure survey. Covered the whole country. Collected information on the socio-economic characteristics of the general population. Third expenditure survey. Fourth expenditure survey. Fifth expenditure survey. Sixth expenditure survey. Shortened the period for respondents to record their expenditure from one month to two weeks to reduce respondent burden. Seventh expenditure survey. Used the Optical Mark Reader to capture data from the survey of consumer durables in households, leading to savings of time, manpower and costs as compared with the traditional key-punching method, while minimising errors in data capture. Eighth expenditure survey. Included one-person households in the analysis of HES results for the first time. Developed Intelligent Classification and Coding System to improve the efficiency of data capture and coding. Ninth expenditure survey. Used PDAs to collect information during face-to-face interviews of households by field interviewers, in lieu of hardcopy survey forms. Adopted the Singapore Standard Classification of Individual

1972/73 3,500

1977/78 5,200 1982/83 5,900 1987/88 7,700 1992/93 8,500

1997/98 9,000

2002/03 9,000

2007/08 10,500

Years

Sample Size

Key Initiatives

Consumption According to Purpose (S-COICOP) for the coding of expenditure items to allow for better international comparability. Leveraged to a greater extent on administrative data to reduce respondent burden and improve data quality. Tenth expenditure survey. Used UMPCs in place of PDAs, resulting in a significant reduction in IT software development efforts.

2012/13 11,000

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

20 POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD Country Name Literacy Level ( % ) Congo 83.8 Liberia 60.8 Burundi 67.2 Zimbabwe 90.7 Eritrea 67.8 Central African Republic 56.0 Niger 28.7 Sierra Leone 35.1 Malawi 74.8 Togo 60.9 Madagascar 64.5 Afghanistan 28.1 Mozambique 56.1 Guinea 41.0 Ethiopia 42.7 Guinea Bissau 54.2 Comoros 74.9 Haiti 52.9 Uganda 66.8 Rwanda 71.1

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

20 RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD Country Name Literacy Level ( % ) United States 99.0 China 92.2 Japan 99.0 Germany 99.0 France 99.0 United Kingdom 99.0 Brazil 88.6 Italy 98.4 Russia 99.6 India 61.0 Canada 99.0 Australia 99.0 Spain 97.7 Mexico 86.1 South Korea 97.9 Indonesia 90.4 Turkey 87.4 Netherlands 99.0 Saudi Arabia 86.6 Switzerland 99.0

THE STAR Thursday February 9, 2012 By LOH FOON FONG

Malaysians are increasingly changing the way they spend to save on their household income, an online consumer survey shows. Nevertheless, Malaysia maintained its position as the 10th most confident country among 56 countries covered in the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Survey for the fourth quarter of last year. The survey, carried out between Nov 23 and Dec 9, tracked consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among more than 28,000 Internet consumers, including 500 respondents in Malaysia. Consumer confidence levels above and below a baseline of 100 indicate degrees of optimism and pessimism. Malaysia hovered at an index of 101. The survey showed 85% of the Malaysian respondents had changed their spending patterns to save on their household income. This was a rise of 6% over the figures of the previous quarter. Ten per cent of the people surveyed said the coming 12 months would be a bad time to buy items they want and need, an increase of 3% over the third quarter. The majority (58%) said they spent less on new clothes, followed by cutting down on outof-home entertainment (56%), switching to cheaper grocery brands (53%) and cutting down on telephone expenses (54%) to manage their spending in the last quarter of last year. Despite the announcement in November last year of higher than expected third quarter GDP growth of 5.8% (market estimation of 4.8%), online consumers are uncertain that the jump in both public expenses, private consumption and future contribution under the Economic Transformation Programme would be able to fully offset the bearish external conditions, said Nielsen Malaysia managing director Kow Kuan Hua. The Nielsen findings also showed Malaysia maintaining its seventh place among the 56 countries in the top 10 most optimistic job prospects list, with 64% online respondents rating their job prospects as excellent or good over the next 12 months.

CONCLUSION
Throughout the project while I was conducting it, I have learned many things. I have come to realize the importance of mathematics in our daily life apart from the regular calculations. Moreover, I have learnt to be more patient and not to give up easily and stay strong no matter how hard my journey is to succeed. This project has made me more confident when doing a certain thing. Planning your household expenditure is very important in a family unit. It helps you to organize your money accordingly to your familys needs. This benefits your families because the remaining money after all of the monthly expenditure can goes into the savings for the emergency cases. Based on my findings, my familys expenditure have increased by 17% in the year 2013 compared to the year 2012 by referring their price indices in Part 2 (Table 3). There are three important items expenditure is selected by referring to their respective weightages. Food is having the most weightage among three of the highest items of weightage. Food is essential need of all living things especially humans and animals. Without food, one can never obtain nutrients needed for body to function well. Food plays a vital role in the survival of mankind and it is proven to be the source of life. Thus, it is one of the important items in the family expenditure. Secondly, is the house rental. Having a house is very important in every humans life because everyone needs a shelter. One can be protected and secured being in home. Furthermore, it enables us to lead a defensive lifestyle as it offers self-assurance and security to mankind. Transportation is the least among three of the highest weightage according to my findings. Transportation has become a basis of humans daily life in this area. People need transportation like cars, motorcycles, buses, and etc to travel to a certain respective destination. Besides, they need to travel to gain income too. Many families own at least a vehicle and hence, they need to spend for the fuel price too. While the others who travels by the public transportations, it is still in need to pay for the bus or cab fare. As a conclusion, transportation is a necessity for a person to travel from one place to another.

REFLECTION
While doing this project , I have come to realize the importance of Mathematics in daily life apart from the regular calculations of simple number. Moreover, I have learn to be more patient and not to give up easily. These are the positive attitudes one should have to be able to do something successfully. Besides, I have learned how to cooperate with friends. My friends and I discused about the project we shared ideas among ourselves. Besides, I realise that my family most likely spending too much. And I came up with some ideas to reduce my familys Household expenditure. I also realise that Planning your household expenditure is very important in a family unit. It helps you to organize your money accordingly to your familys needs In the making of this project, I have spent countless hours doing this project. I also realized that this subject is a compulsory to me. Without it, I cant fulfill my big dreams and wishes

I used to

HATE Additional Mathematics..

It always makes me wonder why this subject is so DIFFICULT.. I always tried to love every part of it.. I SACRIFICED my precious time to have fun..

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
From now on, I decided and I will do my best on every second to learn and Score well for additional mathematics!!

I LOVE YOU ADD MATH

REFERENCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/ http://www.singstat.gov.sg/Survey_assistance/household_expenditure_survey.html www.google.com www.scribd.com www.davemanuel.com http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/9/nation/10702259&sec=nation