The Grade 11 Mathematical Literacy CAPS syllabus for South Africa follows the annual teaching plan across Terms 1-4, with real-life contexts in finance, measurement, data handling, probability, and maps and plans. Use the term checklist below, then practise with Grade 11 Mathematical Literacy past papers for exam preparation.
Weeks 1-11
Assessment: Investigation and controlled test.
Work with patterns and relationships including constant difference, inverse proportion, constant ratio between consecutive terms, and combinations of these. Use representations (equations and formulae, dependent and independent variables, tables and graphs) to compare real-life options such as tariff systems and banking options.
Use conversions (metric to imperial, temperature degrees C to degrees F and vice versa, and time duration). Work with equivalent proportionality conversions (for example, 5 litre paint covers 20 m2; 1 teaspoon approx 5 ml). Measure and estimate length, distance, mass/weight, volume and temperature, and calculate perimeter, area (surface area) and volume (including cost calculations where relevant).
Interpret financial documents and do terminology-based calculations. Work with income (fixed, variable and occasional) and sources of income (personal and business). Work with expenditure (personal and business), including taxes, loan repayments, salaries and running expenses.
Revise patterns and relationships, measurement, and finance.
Work with patterns and relationships including constant difference, inverse proportion, constant ratio between consecutive terms, and combinations of these. Use representations (equations and formulae, dependent and independent variables, tables and graphs) to compare real-life options such as tariff systems and banking options.
Use conversions (metric to imperial, temperature degrees C to degrees F and vice versa, and time duration). Work with equivalent proportionality conversions (for example, 5 litre paint covers 20 m2; 1 teaspoon approx 5 ml). Measure and estimate length, distance, mass/weight, volume and temperature, and calculate perimeter, area (surface area) and volume (including cost calculations where relevant).
Interpret financial documents and do terminology-based calculations. Work with income (fixed, variable and occasional) and sources of income (personal and business). Work with expenditure (personal and business), including taxes, loan repayments, salaries and running expenses.
Revise patterns and relationships, measurement, and finance.
Weeks 1-11
Assessment: Assignment and mid-year examination.
Work with taxation (VAT and UIF) and exchange rates. Use tariff systems (municipal, telephone, transport and bank fees) to compare two options by performing calculations and drawing and interpreting graphs.
Work with scales and maps, including number scales and bar scales. Use maps for directions and point locations such as seating plans, layout plans, street maps, road and rail maps (national and provincial) and residential maps.
Develop questions, collect data (populations and samples, data collection methods and instruments), and classify and organise data using tallies and frequency tables. Summarise data using mean, median, mode and range, and analyse data represented by these averages. Represent, interpret and analyse data using multiple bar graphs, line and broken line graphs, and scatter plots.
Revise simple events: outcomes, events and probability scale, relative frequency and theoretical probability. Work with compound events using tree diagrams and two-way tables.
Revise finance, maps/plans and other representations, data handling, and probability.
Work with taxation (VAT and UIF) and exchange rates. Use tariff systems (municipal, telephone, transport and bank fees) to compare two options by performing calculations and drawing and interpreting graphs.
Work with scales and maps, including number scales and bar scales. Use maps for directions and point locations such as seating plans, layout plans, street maps, road and rail maps (national and provincial) and residential maps.
Develop questions, collect data (populations and samples, data collection methods and instruments), and classify and organise data using tallies and frequency tables. Summarise data using mean, median, mode and range, and analyse data represented by these averages. Represent, interpret and analyse data using multiple bar graphs, line and broken line graphs, and scatter plots.
Revise simple events: outcomes, events and probability scale, relative frequency and theoretical probability. Work with compound events using tree diagrams and two-way tables.
Revise finance, maps/plans and other representations, data handling, and probability.
Weeks 1-11
Assessment: Assignment and controlled test.
Work with income, expenditure, profit and loss in contexts such as large organisations and fundraising projects, including comparisons over two years. Use budgets to compare projected versus actual figures. Work with cost price and selling price, including appropriate selling price and percentage profit. Use break-even analysis to determine break-even values from formulae and graphs. Work with interest, loans and banking (calculate interest without using formulae), types of bank accounts, and inflation (calculation and rate of increase or decrease).
Use building plans (scale), including housing plans, elevation plans and design drawings. Work with models and packaging using actual cans and a range of actual boxes.
Revise and consolidate finance, data handling, measurements, and maps and plans.
Work with income, expenditure, profit and loss in contexts such as large organisations and fundraising projects, including comparisons over two years. Use budgets to compare projected versus actual figures. Work with cost price and selling price, including appropriate selling price and percentage profit. Use break-even analysis to determine break-even values from formulae and graphs. Work with interest, loans and banking (calculate interest without using formulae), types of bank accounts, and inflation (calculation and rate of increase or decrease).
Use building plans (scale), including housing plans, elevation plans and design drawings. Work with models and packaging using actual cans and a range of actual boxes.
Revise and consolidate finance, data handling, measurements, and maps and plans.
Weeks 1-6 plus Weeks 7-10
Assessment: No SBA task for Term 4; end of the year examination (two papers).
Assembling: Follow instructions for products such as plugs, plastic models, unassembled wooden furniture, cell phones, electrical appliances and children's toys.
Revise finance, data handling, probability, measurement, and maps, plans and other representations of the physical world.
Exam relevance: Paper 1 includes Question 1 (20% level 1), Finance, Data handling, and integration of finance, data handling and probability. Paper 2 includes Question 1 (20% level 1), Maps and plans, Measurements, and integration of maps and plans, measurements and probability.
Final examination (two papers). Paper 1: 100 marks, 2 hours. Paper 2: 100 marks, 2 hours.
Assembling: Follow instructions for products such as plugs, plastic models, unassembled wooden furniture, cell phones, electrical appliances and children's toys.
Revise finance, data handling, probability, measurement, and maps, plans and other representations of the physical world.
Exam relevance: Paper 1 includes Question 1 (20% level 1), Finance, Data handling, and integration of finance, data handling and probability. Paper 2 includes Question 1 (20% level 1), Maps and plans, Measurements, and integration of maps and plans, measurements and probability.
Final examination (two papers). Paper 1: 100 marks, 2 hours. Paper 2: 100 marks, 2 hours.
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