Past papers

Grade 10 past papers and memos

The first year of your matric subjects. What you learn here is what matric builds on. 170 Grade 10 past papers and memos across 8 subjects, 2015 to 2024, free to download as PDFs.

Papers
170
With memos
152
Years
2015 to 2024

Published by the national and provincial education departments.

Latest Grade 10 past papers

The most recent sitting we hold for each subject. Download the paper and its memo here.

  • Accounting

    November 2024 · Paper 1 · North West

  • Business Studies

    November 2024 · North West

  • Geography

    November 2024 · Paper 1 · North West

  • Life Sciences

    November 2024 · Paper 1 · North West

  • Mathematics

    November 2024 · Paper 1 · North West

  • Mathematical Literacy

    November 2024 · Paper 1 · North West

Grade 10 past papers by subject

Every subject we hold for Grade 10, with the number of papers on each page.

Which exams Grade 10 writes

Papers here are grouped by sitting, so this is what each one means.

NovemberTerm 4
The end-of-year examinations, set provincially.
May/JuneTerm 2
The mid-year examinations, written in May and June.

What Grade 10 is for

Grade 10 is where your matric subjects start. The subjects you chose at the end of Grade 9 are the ones you will write in your final exams, so this is the year you find out how well they suit you.

The work itself is the foundation. The trigonometry and functions you meet in Grade 10 are the same trigonometry and functions that carry marks in the matric paper, just asked more simply.

So the mark you get on a Grade 10 paper is not really the point. The point is finding out which basics are shaky while they are still quick and cheap to fix.

Grade 10 past paper questions