Grade 11

Grade 11 is where most learners lose Mathematics. The work stops rewarding memorised methods and starts needing you to understand why they work.

This course covers every Grade 11 CAPS topic and the topics that follow straight on from them, in the order they build on each other. Each one starts from first principles and ends on the kind of question the November paper actually asks.

Every line is written down

Marks are given for method, not only for the answer. A learner who writes the right answer with three steps missing loses most of the marks for that question. Nothing is skipped here.

What you will cover

• Algebra — exponents, surds, algebraic fractions, quadratic equations by factorising and by completing the square, simultaneous equations
• Graphs and functions — linear, parabolic, hyperbolic and exponential, both drawing the graph and finding the equation from it
• Analytical geometry — distance, midpoint, gradient, angle of inclination, equations of straight lines, and the equation of a circle
• Trigonometry — ratios, identities, general solutions, and the sine, cosine and area rules
• Number patterns, sequences and series — quadratic patterns, arithmetic and geometric sequences and series, sum to infinity, and testing for convergence
• Finance, growth and decay — simple and compound interest, depreciation, hire purchase
• Differential calculus — derivatives from first principles, the power rule, cubic functions, turning points and points of inflection, and drawing cubic graphs
• Probability — the addition rule, independent and dependent events
• Statistics — mean, median, quartiles, box and whisker diagrams, variance and standard deviation

Past paper questions, worked in full

Real November Paper 1 questions, from reading the question to the final line of the memo, so you can see how a topic turns into marks.

What you need

• A scientific calculator and paper. You will be writing, not watching.
• A phone or laptop. The lessons stream on mobile data.
• Grade 10 Mathematics. Grade 11 is built straight on top of it.

This is Mathematics, not Mathematical Literacy.