This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 12 Mathematical Literacy. The year covers finance, data handling, probability, measurement, and maps, plans and other representations of the physical world, followed by revision for the final examination.
Each term is set out week by week with CAPS topics, page references, informal assessment and formal SBA tasks. The mid-year papers are 100 marks and 2 hours each, and the preparatory and final papers are 150 marks and 3 hours each, in two papers.
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What the Mathematical Literacy Grade 12 ATP covers
Term 1
- Tax and loan documents
- Personal income tax, UIF and VAT
- Tariff systems
- Income, expenditure, profit and loss
- Cost price, selling price and break-even
- Collecting, summarising and representing data
- Probability, tree diagrams and two-way tables
- Interest, banking, inflation and exchange rates
Formal assessment: Investigation and controlled test.
Term 2
- Conversions and time
- Perimeter and area
- Volume, surface area and BMI
- Scale
- Maps, grid references and compass directions
- Revision for mid-year examinations
Formal assessment: Assignment and mid-year examinations (two papers, 100 marks each).
Term 3
- Plans and diagrams
- Floor and elevation plans
- Models and packaging problems
- Revision of all topics
- Preparatory examinations
Formal assessment: Controlled test and preparatory examination (two papers, 150 marks each).
Term 4
- Revision of finance and data handling
- Revision of measurement, maps and plans
- Revision of probability
- Exemplar and past NSC papers
- Final examination
Formal assessment: No SBA task for Term 4. Final examination of two papers, 150 marks each.
Source: Department of Basic Education, 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plans. DBE Circular S19 of 2025 keeps the 2023/24 ATPs in use, with some exclusions, so check with your school or district for any changes.