THE COST OF POST GRADE 12 STUDIES You are in your last year of study at school. Suppose your intention is to study further next year at the university, FET college or any other institution. Find out what the fees will be for the particular course you intend to do. The cost of your studies for the first year will be the current amount. This amount will most certainly be increased the following year. In order to find out what the increased amount will be, you need to find out what the amount was for the past three years. These amounts will give you an indication of the percentage for the next year. ACTIVITY 1: Write an introductory paragraph and include the following: the intended course of study, institution and period of study. ACTIVITY 2: Use the table to work out the percentage increase: Note: The following formula may help you to calculate the percentage increase for one year. Round all answers to ONE decimal place. New fees-old fees Percentage increase= YEAR Year before last Last year Current year Old fees x100 FEES PERCENTAGE INCREASE Thus, the average increase is: ACTIVITY 3 % (show calculations) 3.1 Use the average percentage increase obtained in activity 2 to calculate the following: MONEY Application fee (Use costs for the previous year) Tuition fee(first year) Accommodation (per month x 12) Food (per month x 12) Transport (per month x 12) Books CURRENT AMOUNT (This year) NEW AMOUNT (Show calculations) (give average amount) Extras (example, pocket money) TOTAL Note: It is recommended that you calculate costs for all the items mentioned above. Secure reliable information 3.2 Draw a double bar graph to represent the current and new amount in the above table