Matric Maths past papers, marked

Our Mathematics questions give marks for method as well as for the final answer, so correct working still earns marks when the last step goes wrong. Our November 2024 Paper 1 set has 49 questions worth 150 marks. They split by topic as differential calculus (39), functions and graphs (29), number patterns and sequences (27), algebra: equations and inequalities (24), probability (17) and finance, growth and decay (14). Of the 150 marks, 93 are for the correct final answer, 53 for method and working, 3 for reading data from diagrams, tables and graphs and 1 for explaining.

The Department of Basic Education’s 2024 Diagnostic Report for Paper 1 names the slips that cost candidates most: quadratic equations not put in standard form, solutions that were never checked, the wrong number of compounding periods in finance, asymptotes read from the wrong place on a graph, and "at least" misread in probability. Work through the topic pages below, starting with the topic that carries the most marks.