2023 Grade 12

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

Grade 12 learners of 2023 It contains tips on how to study and how to approach
an examination.
This book has been prepared for you. You have reached It contains inspiring stories from past learners who
the final year of your studies at school. What you do this successfully completed Gr 12 in recent years.
year will impact on the rest of your life. Your pass at the It lists the content to be studied in each subject to help
end of the year will impact on your future prospects on you plan your study programme for the year.
your career and your general quality of life. Use this book with your textbook and past examination
Therefore in Grade 12 you should not leave your studying papers in preparation for the writing of your examinations.
until the end of the year. You should be working for at The WCED wishes you a happy and successful final year
least two to three hours a day throughout the year. of school.
This book provides you with important tips for success.

Responses Directorate: Curriculum FET

to Grade 12 Tips for

Success Booklet from To all WCED Grade 12 NSC Candidates
2022 NSC Candidates Dear Grade 12 Learner

The Grade 12 class of 2023 is a special group that has had a very turbulent start to the FET phase. You had a
These are some comments very disruptive two years of schooling brought about by the COVID -19 Pandemic when you were in Grade 9
in 2020 and again in grade 10 in 2021. You have shown great resilience and commitment and 2023 is a very
from past NSC candidates significant year for you as it will mark the end of your schooling career. The commitment and dedication to
your studies this year will enable you to follow a pathway in post school education that will shape the rest of
who have found the your life. I therefore take this opportunity to congratulate you on reaching your Grade 12 year.
Grade 12 Tips for Success This is your last year of formal schooling and the final examination for the National Senior Certificate is
booklets useful: extremely important. We advise that you be focused throughout the year, give your full commitment as the
quality of pass in the NSC will influence the quality of your and your family’s life in the future.
Regular attendance at school together with maximum use of the time, by planning your study program using
the different resources available to adequately prepare you for the final examinations, will certainly influence
"It shows how dedicated I your success. You must take full responsibility for your own learning and development.
should be and the workload
I should prepare for." The WCED has prepared this “Tips for Success” book to help you with your NSC examination preparation.
Valuable information is provided for all subjects. The content for your subjects will guide and help you to track
the topics covered as well as draw up your study program. Work systematically through the subject content,
"It’s a great motivator." use the graphic organisers, make notes and mind maps and consult your textbooks and study guides.

"It makes me feel special To date you have had very little experience in writing examinations. It is thus important to work through past
year examination papers. These question papers should give you a good idea of the types of questions you
because it finally sunk in can expect in the final examinations. Time yourself when answering the questions as this will help you to
that I am in matric and manage time under exam conditions.
working on my future."
Application of the knowledge and skills you have acquired in your Grade 12 year, as well as that of the
preceding years, will be important. I encourage you to make full use and constantly refer to this Tips for
"As Matrics we vaguely Success book throughout the year. If you struggle, don’t be despondent; Seek assistance form your teachers,
know proper study friends and family members. You may also visit the WCED e Portal and websites at the back of this book. I
urge you to register for the Telematics School’s Project support program where you will find lessons and a
methods or time revision program offered by senior and experienced officials and subject experts. The WCED ePortal and
management and this Telematics website is Zero Rated – no data costs.
booklet covers all aspects Remember success is within your grasp, believe in yourself, apply your mind and work consistently. Your
of success in grade 12." Grade 12 year is a great year. Make the most of it and enjoy your last year at school. Your future is in your
hands. You can make the difference! Maintain a good diet, exercise frequently and never hesitate to seek help
"I now have a better idea of if you feel overwhelmed or depressed. Don’t ever lose hope. Be positive at all times and I wish you well with
your Grade 12 year and preparation for the 2023 NSC examinations.
studying for the final exam,
a way that doesn’t make I know that you will represent the Western Cape well in your final examinations.
the work seem so much." Your sincerely
DON HARIPERSAD
"It makes me feel special DIRECTOR CURRICULUM FET
because it makes me feel
Date: 25 January 2023
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 MATHEMATICS
À Distance, Midpoint & gradient formula
Dear Grade 12 Learner À Parallel and Perpendicular line criteria
Preparing for the final Examination requires hard work, working À Inclinations and equation of a line
regularly and persistenly. À Circles and tangent

Subject Requirements Trigonometry (50 3 Marks)

You will need the following: À Definitions, basic identities, reduction formulae; special angles
* A Mathematics textbook À Compound and double angle formulae
* Scientific calculator À Identities and equations (general solution as well)
* Notebook, in which Paper 1 and Paper 2 work is recorded À Solution of triangles and problems in 2D and 3D
separately. À Trigonometric graphs: trigonometric functions and their
* Study Guide with summaries and a lot of revision transformations
* Access to previous examination question papers and Euclidean Geometry (40 3 Marks)
memorandum À Circle geometry
The marks in brackets next to the topic is an indication of the À Ratio and proportion
approximate mark on that topic in the final examination paper. À Similarity of triangles
Assessment
Paper 1 School Based Assessment consists of 7 formal assessment tasks.
Equations and Inequalities (25 3 Marks) Your final mark will be compiled as follows:
À Quadratic equations and inequalities À SBA: 25% + 100 marks
À Simultaneous equations Final exam: 75% 300 marks
À Exponents & Surds = 400 marks
À Nature of roots School Based Assessment
Number Patterns and Sequences (25 3 Marks) À Term 1: project or investigation (15%); test (15%)
À Number patterns (linear, geometric and quadratic) À Term 2: assignment(15%); June Exam/Control test (15%)
À Analysis of differences À Term 3: test (15%) and a trial examination (25%)
À Arithmetic and geometric sequences and series formulae Final Examination
for nth term and sum to nth terms À Two 3 hour papers which are out of 150 marks each.
À convergence and sum to infinity
Tip:
Functions and Graphs (35 3 Marks) À Ensure that you are fully acquainted with your calculator
À Parabola; hyperbola; exponential functions and their properties and know how to calculate the standard deviation, the least
À Transformations of functions: the effect of different parameters squares regression function and the correlation coefficient.
À One-to-one and many to one mappings À Ensure you are familiar with the information sheet. Which
À Inverses of functions formulae are on it and where these formulae are on the page.
À Restricting the domain of the original function
Financial Mathematics (15 3 Marks)
À Simple and compound interest
À Logarithms To access the examination
À Nominal and effective interest rates guideline with acceptable
À Depreciation (reducing balance and straight line)
À Annuities (present and future value formulae)
reasons for Geometry:
https://wcedeportal.co.za/
Calculus (35 3 Marks) eresource/160436
À First principles and “power” rule
À Gradient at a point and tangents to curves
À Concavity/ Second Derivative
À Cubic graphs
À Applications (maxima and minima; rate of change)
Probability (15 3 Marks)
À Probability and Relative Frequency
À Rules and Identities for Dependent & Independent Event
À Venn diagrams; Tree diagrams; Contingency tables
À Counting principle; factorial notation, permutations
À The counting principle in solving probability problems To access previous
Mathematics National
Paper 2 Examination papers go to:
Statistics (20 3 Marks) http://bit.ly/Gr12_Maths_Papers
À Mean, median & mode (Grouped & ungrouped data)
À Variance and Standard Deviation
À Quartiles
À Five Number Summary & Box and Whisker Plots
À Cumulative Frequency & Ogive
À Histograms & Frequency Polygon
À Scatter Plots Revision Material
À Least Squares Regression Line Per Topic:
À Correlation Coefficient http://bit.ly/Gr12_Maths_Topics
Analytical Geometry (40 3 Marks)

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