Grade 10 past papers

Grade 10 Mathematics past papers and memos

Download all 49 Grade 10 Mathematics past papers and memos as free PDFs, 2015 to 2024, straight from the departments that set them.

Papers
49
Years
2015 to 2024
Exams
November (Term 4), May/June (Term 2)
Format
Free PDF, with memos

Download Grade 10 Mathematics past papers and memos

Newest first. The memo sits on the same row as the paper it belongs to, so you do not have to go looking for it.

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What is in Grade 10 Mathematics Paper 1 and Paper 2

What each paper should cover, and what each topic is worth.

From the CAPS curriculum document for Mathematics. Grade 10 papers are set by your school or your province rather than nationally, and CAPS calls these a suggested weighting, so treat it as what a paper should look like rather than a promise about the one you downloaded.

A ± means it is the weighting the examiners work towards rather than a fixed part of the paper, so a sitting lands a few marks either side of it.

Paper 1

100 marks, 2 hours

Algebra and equations (and inequalities)
±30 marks
Functions and graphs
±30 marks
Patterns and sequences
±15 marks
Probability
±15 marks
Finance and growth
±10 marks

Paper 2

100 marks, 2 hours

Trigonometry
±40 marks
Euclidean geometry and measurement
±30 marks
Analytical geometry
±15 marks
Statistics
±15 marks

Learn these well. They cost matrics marks.

Every year the Department checks what matrics got wrong. In Mathematics the same problem comes up: matrics lost marks on Grade 10 work. You are in Grade 10 now, so you still have time.

  • Algebra and exponents

    In matric: Matrics could not simplify expressions. They lost marks in all of Paper 1.

  • Trigonometry

    In matric: Matrics could not remember the basic rules, so they lost the easy marks.

  • Geometry: shapes and their properties

    In matric: Matrics could not finish the proofs, because they did not know the shapes well.

  • Word problems

    In matric: Matrics could read the question but could not write it as a sum.

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Topics from the Department of Basic Education's 2025 NSC Diagnostic Report, matched to the grade CAPS teaches them in.

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