Grade 11 · Mathematics
Grade 11 Maths Past Papers and Memos
Grade 11 Mathematics past papers and marking guidelines, organised by term and topic, in a free app that works offline.
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About Grade 11 Mathematics
Grade 11 is where Mathematics stops forgiving you. The quadratic work gets heavier, circle geometry arrives, trigonometric identities show up properly for the first time, and roughly two thirds of what you meet here is examined again in matric. Learners who coast through Grade 11 spend Grade 12 relearning it under pressure.
The Grade 10, 11 & 12 Mathematics App keeps every Grade 11 past paper and memorandum sorted by term and topic, so you can practise exactly the section you are busy with rather than hunting through a whole paper for four relevant questions.
Every question you get wrong can be handed to Study Pal AI, which works through it step by step, offline, in plain language.
How the Grade 11 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
150 marks · 3 hours
- Exponents and surds
- Equations, inequalities and the nature of roots
- Number patterns — quadratic sequences
- Functions and graphs
- Finance, growth and decay
- Probability
Paper 2
150 marks · 3 hours
- Analytical geometry
- Trigonometry — identities, reduction formulae and general solutions
- Trigonometry — sine, cosine and area rules
- Euclidean geometry — circle geometry
- Measurement
- Statistics
Grade 11 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
- Exponents and surds
- Equations and inequalities
- Nature of the roots
- Quadratic number patterns
- Analytical geometry
Term 2
- Functions and graphs
- Trigonometry — identities and reduction formulae
- Trigonometric equations and general solutions
- Measurement
- Mid-year examinations
Term 3
- Euclidean geometry — circle geometry
- Trigonometry — sine, cosine and area rules
- Finance, growth and decay
- Probability
Term 4
- Statistics
- 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 11 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.
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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.
- 04
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 11 Maths marks are actually lost
Nature of the roots is a guaranteed question
The discriminant appears in almost every Grade 11 Paper 1. Learn to read what the examiner is asking for — real, equal, rational, non-real — and you pick up marks with almost no calculation.
Circle geometry starts here and never leaves
Every circle theorem you learn in Grade 11 is assumed knowledge in Grade 12. Learn the theorems properly now and matric Paper 2 becomes dramatically easier.
Use the Grade 12 papers as extension
Grade 12 Paper 2 trigonometry and geometry questions sit on Grade 11 foundations. Once you are comfortable, attempting them is the fastest way to find out what you only half-understand.
Grade 11 Maths past papers — FAQs
The Grade 10, 11 & 12 Mathematics App carries Grade 11 past papers and their memorandums, sorted by term and topic. It is free on Android and iOS and works offline.
Exponents and surds, equations and inequalities, nature of the roots, quadratic number patterns, functions and graphs, finance growth and decay, and probability. It is typically 150 marks over 3 hours.
Analytical geometry, trigonometry including identities and the sine, cosine and area rules, circle geometry, measurement and statistics. It is typically 150 marks over 3 hours.
Heavily. Grade 11 content is assumed knowledge in Grade 12 and reappears directly in NSC papers — particularly circle geometry, trigonometry and functions.
Yes. The papers, memos, AI explanations and offline downloads all cost nothing.
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