Grade 10 · Mathematics
Grade 10 Maths Past Papers and Memos
Grade 10 Mathematics past papers and marking guidelines, sorted by term and topic, in a free offline app.
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About Grade 10 Mathematics
Grade 10 is the year Mathematics quietly decides how the next two go. Algebraic manipulation, functions, trigonometry and the basics of Euclidean geometry all start here, and every one of them is assumed knowledge by the time you sit the NSC paper. A shaky Grade 10 is the single most common reason a capable learner struggles in matric.
The Grade 10, 11 & 12 Mathematics App carries Grade 10 past papers and memorandums alongside Grade 11 and 12, so you can see exactly where the work you are doing now ends up in two years.
Work a paper, mark it against the memo, then let Study Pal AI walk you through everything you lost marks on — offline, free, at your own pace.
How the Grade 10 Maths exam is structured
The typical CAPS end-of-year allocation. Internal and provincial papers can differ — always check your own exam timetable and guideline.
Paper 1
100 marks · 2 hours
- Algebraic expressions
- Exponents
- Number patterns
- Equations and inequalities
- Functions and graphs
- Finance and growth
- Probability
Paper 2
100 marks · 2 hours
- Analytical geometry
- Trigonometry and trigonometric functions
- Euclidean geometry
- Measurement
- Statistics
Grade 10 Maths topics, term by term
The CAPS content for the year, in the order most schools teach it. Every past paper in the app is tagged to these topics, so you can practise the section you are actually busy with instead of working through a whole paper for four relevant questions.
Term 1
- Algebraic expressions
- Exponents
- Number patterns
- Equations and inequalities
- Introduction to trigonometry
Term 2
- Functions and graphs
- Trigonometric functions
- Euclidean geometry
- Mid-year examinations
Term 3
- Analytical geometry
- Finance and growth
- Statistics
- Trigonometry — problem solving
- Measurement
Term 4
- Probability
- Revision
- End-of-year examinations
The app
Where to get the papers
The complete library of maths past papers for Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12. From the maths grade 12 past papers you need for finals to the grade 10 maths past papers that build the foundation you keep skipping — algebra, trig, calculus, all of it. Official DBE papers with full memos, plus Study Pal AI to walk you through the questions you keep getting wrong.
- Grade 10–12 in one app
- DBE papers & memos
- Study Pal AI
- 60+ papers per grade
How to study with Grade 10 Maths past papers
Downloading papers is not studying. This is the loop that actually moves a mark.
- 01
Pick a paper you have not seen
Choose a full past paper from a year you have not worked through. Recent papers matter most, but older ones repeat the same question types, so do not skip them.
- 02
Write it under exam conditions
Full time limit, no notes, no phone in reach. A paper you did with the memo open teaches you nothing about what you actually know.
- 03
Mark yourself against the memo
Use the official marking guideline and mark strictly. Method marks matter — mark them the way an examiner would, not the way you wish they would.
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Work through every mistake
For each lost mark, find out why you lost it. Ask the AI tutor in the app to work the question out step by step until you can redo it from a blank page.
- 05
Repeat the question type, not the paper
Find three more questions on the same topic from other years and do those. Papers repeat their patterns — that is the entire reason past papers work.
Where Grade 10 Maths marks are actually lost
Factorising is the whole subject in disguise
Almost every algebra question in Grade 10, 11 and 12 comes back to factorising cleanly and quickly. If you can only fix one thing this year, fix this.
Learn the trig ratios properly the first time
Grade 10 introduces sine, cosine and tangent. Grade 11 adds identities and Grade 12 adds compound angles on top. Every one of those layers assumes you never have to think about the basic ratios again.
Write full papers, not just exercises
Textbook exercises tell you one topic at a time. Exam papers mix them without warning, which is the actual skill being tested. Start writing full papers in Grade 10 and the habit is already built by matric.
Grade 10 Maths past papers — FAQs
The Grade 10, 11 & 12 Mathematics App has Grade 10 past papers with their memorandums, free on Android and iOS, and every paper can be saved for offline use.
The end-of-year examination is typically written as two papers of 100 marks each, two hours per paper. Paper 1 covers algebra, functions, finance and probability; Paper 2 covers geometry, trigonometry, measurement and statistics.
Algebraic expressions, exponents, number patterns, equations and inequalities, functions and graphs, finance and growth, probability, analytical geometry, trigonometry, Euclidean geometry, measurement and statistics.
Yes. All three grades sit in the same app, so you can look ahead at where the work goes without downloading anything else.
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