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Numeracy Foundation June 2019 Unit 2 Q2

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2. In 2011, the number of people able to speak Welsh, and the number of people not able to speak Welsh, in each local authority in Wales were recorded.
The table below shows some of this information.

Local authorityAble to speak WelshNot able to speak WelshTotal
Isle of Anglesey38 56828 83567 403
Gwynedd77 00040 789117 789
Denbighshire22 23668 29190 527
Flintshire19 343127 597
Powys23 990105 093129 083
Ceredigion34 96438 88373 847
Pembrokeshire22 78695 606118 392
Swansea204 823231 155
Cardiff36 735295 538332 273
Caerphilly19 251152 721171 972
Newport13 002126 847139 849
(a)

What is the number of people not able to speak Welsh in Ceredigion written correct to the nearest thousand?
Circle your answer. [1]

40 000     39 000     38 900     38 000     38 800

(b) How many people were able to speak Welsh in Caerphilly?
Write your answer in words. [2]
(c)

How many people were able to speak Welsh in Swansea?
Circle your answer. [1]

435 978     204 823     231 155     26 332     22 786

(d)

In total, how many people lived in Flintshire?
Circle your answer. [1]

127 597     129 083     19 343     108 254     146 940

(e)

The Welsh Government wants to increase the number of people able to speak Welsh.
Its target is one million people by the year 2050.
In 2011, it was recorded that there were 562 016 people able to speak Welsh in Wales.

How many more people able to speak Welsh are needed in Wales by 2050 for the Welsh Government to hit this target? [2]

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