TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS
Dear Grade 12 Learner À Solution of triangles and problems in 2D and 3D
À Trigonometric graphs: trigonometric functions and their
Congratulations on reaching your final year at school. More transformations
importantly, congratulations on choosing Technical Mathematics À Rotating Vectors
as a subject. You have no doubt realised how important this
subject is for your career and future job opportunities. Grade 12 Euclidean Geometry (40 3 Marks)
is hard work but the satisfaction and joy you will experience in À Circle geometry
passing Grade 12 is most definitely worth it. À Ratio and proportion
À Similarity of triangles
Subject Requirements
You will need the following: Mensuration, circles, angles (35 3 Marks)
À A Technical Mathematics textbook and angular movement
À Scientific calculator À Circles, Angles and Angular Movement
À Notebook, in which Paper 1 and Paper 2 work is recorded • Circles (with origin as centre )
separately. • Radius and Equation
À Summaries and a lot of revision. • Angles and Arcs
À Access to the Exemplar examination question papers and • Degress and Radians
memorandum. • Sectors and Segments
• Angular and circumferential/peripheral velocity
The marks in brackets next to the topics below is an indication À Mensuration
of the approximate mark of that topic in the final examination • Surface Area and Volume of Right Prisms
paper. • Effect on Surface Area and Volume of Right Prism when
multiply any dimension by a factor k
Paper 1 • Midordinate Rule
Algebra (50 3 Marks) Assessment
À Expressions, Quadratic equations and inequalities School Based Assessment consists of 5 formal assessment tasks.
À Simultaneous equations Your final mark will be compiled as follows:
À Exponents, Surds and Logarithms À SBA: 25%
À Nature of roots À Practical 25%
À Changing the subject of the formulae À Final exam: 50%
À Factorize a cubic using factor theorem
À Complex Numbers School Based Assessment and PAT
À Term 1: test (15 %) and PAT
Functions and Graphs (35 3 Marks) À Term 2: assignment (15%), June exam ( 25 %) and PAT
À Straight Lines, Parabola, hyperbola and Exponential À Term 3: test (15%) , trial exam (30 %) and PAT
functions and their properties
À Transformations of functions and the effect of different Final Examination
parameters À Two 3 hour papers which are out of 150 marks each.
À Circles and Semi Circles
Tip:
Financial Mathematics (15 3 Marks) À Ensure that you are fully acquainted with your calculator it
À Simple and compound interest will save you time in the examination.
À Logarithms À Ensure you are familiar with the information sheet. Which
À Nominal and effective interest rates formula are on it and where these formula are on the page.
À Depreciation (reducing balance and straight line)
Differential Calculus & Integration (50 3 Marks)
À Average Gradient
À Determining Derivative by:
À First principles
À Using Differentiation Rules: “power” rule
À Gradient at a point and tangents to curves
À Cubic graphs:
À Determining x-intercepts using factor theorem
À Determining Stationary points, using differentiation
À Sketching cubic graphs
À Interpretation of graphs
À Applications (maxima and minima; rate of change) Technical Maths
À Integration of Polynomials https://drive.google.com/drive/
À Apply Integration to determine area. folders/1uttLA0Ud2SoUhpZH47
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Paper 2
Analytical Geometry (25 3 Marks)
À Distance, Midpoint & gradient formula
À Parallel and Perpendicular line criteria
À Inclination and equation of a line
À Circles and tangents
• Plotting the Elipse Telematics Videos
Trigonometry (50 3 Marks) https://qrgo.page.link/
À Definitions, basic identities, reduction formulae; special angles mCY4k
À Identities and equations (solution in interval [00; 3600])
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