NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS SPECIAL MATA101/MATS101/MATX101 SEMESTER 1 2022
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE: Monday 28 March 2022 at 9:00 to be uploaded on Moodle NO
LATE OR INCORRECTLYSUBMITTED ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE
ACCEPTED
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Assignments must be downloaded from the Assignments section of the MATS101
Moodle site
2. Your student number and surname must be written clearly on top of each page
3. Questions 1, 2 and 3 must each be answered on separate sheets of paper
4. The 3 sheets of paper must be scanned or photographed and saved as a single pdf
file – either using a scanner or an App such as CamScanner. A video explaining how
to do it is available on the Moodle site.
5. Save the file on your phone or computer
6. Upload the file in the Assignment 1 folder of the Submission of Assignments section
on Moodle.
QUESTIONS:
1. Write the Integrity Declaration below out on paper in your own handwriting. Fill your
name and student number in at the openings, sign it at the bottom and add the date.
INTEGRITY DECLARATION:
I, ................................................................ (fill in your name), NMU student
number ………..…………., hereby declare that:
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I will not be given extra time for assessments in this module under any
circumstances or submit my solutions after the deadline.
I will submit my own work, and not that of another person, as answers to all
assessments in this module.
I understand that answers provided in assignments and tests must use solution
methods and notations taught in this module and not alternative methods and
notation found on the internet or other sources, and that no marks will be
allocated to such alternative answers, even if it is Mathematically correct.
I will complete the answers of tests for this module without the help of anyone
else.
I will not communicate with anyone about the questions of a test while the
test is being written.
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I will not make use of any study material to help me to answer questions in a
test.
I will not discuss the content of the test with anyone before the
deadline for submission.
Signed: ………………………………
Date: ………………………..
2. The following questions pertains to the orientation meeting and the information guide:
(a)
Name the lecturers for MATS101 for 2022
(b)
How many Assignments do you have to submit for the module?
(c)
What is the deadline for the submission of Assignment 3?
(d)
How do you access the MSteams sessions?
(e)
How long after marks have been released do you have to submit any
queries?
(f)
In what format must all assignments and test be submitted?
3. (a) Write a paragraph in which you outline how you went about studying
Mathematics in the past.
(b) Open and watch the video “Study Mathematics Online” from the resources
section of the Moodle site. Write a paragraph of what you learnt from the video.
NOTE: No marks will be allocated for any Tests or for Assignments 2 to 8 if
this assignment has not been submitted.