GRADE 10
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY
COMPLETE REVISION GUIDE
TERM 1 - 4
, MATHEMATICAL
LITERACY
RESOURCE PACK
2025 TERM 1
Grade 10
This resource pack is designed to support you in engaging with the
essential content and skills that will be covered during the upcoming
term. Its purpose is to help you grasp key concepts, establish the
required standards, and apply the knowledge necessary to succeed in
your work and assessments.
The resource pack covers the following topics:
• NUMBER FORMATS
• ROUNDING & RATIO
• RATE
• PERCENTAGE
• PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS
• DATA HANDLING
, Number Formats & Basic Calculations :
• These basic concepts are important to understand as it can form part of questions in any
of the 5 main topics studied in Mathematical Literacy.
• Make sure that you continuously practice these skills.
Write the following values in word format:
1.1) The population of South Africa in 2020 was 59.31 million.
1.2) The population of Johannesburg in 2021 was 5,926,668.
1.3) Number of students at UCT in 2021: 28,703 thousand.
1.4) Two movies grossed the following income at the box office: $224 million
and $198 million. Write down the total amount earned in dollars.
2. Briefly explain the meaning of the values in the following scenarios:
2.1 2.2
Extract from:
Cheque Account Statement
Salary R15 000
EFT: Rent R 5 6 00 -
Other basic skills you need to master:
Calculating & estimating without a calculator
Understand numbering conventions in context.
Converting between fractions, decimals & percentage.
Find square root, cube root, square & cube values.
Performing calculations with brackets and using the correct order of operations.
2
, Rounding:
• Without realizing it you have been using these concepts of rounding and ratio regularly
in your daily life.
• This includes rounding off the prices of items when you want to check if you have enough
money.
• Using ratio’s when mixing your Oros (or other diluted cool drinks).
• We need to always look at the context in which the rounding / ratio calculation must take
place.
• It is therefore important to read carefully and then apply your mathematical knowledge
correctly to the given context.
1. Let’s look at some examples of rounding off:
Round 4 862,749 off to…
a) The nearest whole number
b) The nearest hundred
c) The nearest fifty
d) Two decimal places
2. Let’s look at some examples of rounding off in context:
a) Susan must wrap presents. Each present requires 70 cm of wrapping paper. She has a 5 m roll.
Determine the number of presents she can wrap with one roll.
b) For a picnic Mbali wants to give each attendee 3 slices of pizza. There are 15 people attending
and each pizza can be cut into 8 slices. Calculate how many pizzas she will need to buy.
Rounding off in context requires you to think PRACTICALLY.
3. Let’s look at some examples of cash rounding:
a) Sam wants to buy the following top from Mr Price.
Determine the amount due, if paying cash.
b) Use the extract from a till slip to calculate the missing
values a & b
3
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY
COMPLETE REVISION GUIDE
TERM 1 - 4
, MATHEMATICAL
LITERACY
RESOURCE PACK
2025 TERM 1
Grade 10
This resource pack is designed to support you in engaging with the
essential content and skills that will be covered during the upcoming
term. Its purpose is to help you grasp key concepts, establish the
required standards, and apply the knowledge necessary to succeed in
your work and assessments.
The resource pack covers the following topics:
• NUMBER FORMATS
• ROUNDING & RATIO
• RATE
• PERCENTAGE
• PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS
• DATA HANDLING
, Number Formats & Basic Calculations :
• These basic concepts are important to understand as it can form part of questions in any
of the 5 main topics studied in Mathematical Literacy.
• Make sure that you continuously practice these skills.
Write the following values in word format:
1.1) The population of South Africa in 2020 was 59.31 million.
1.2) The population of Johannesburg in 2021 was 5,926,668.
1.3) Number of students at UCT in 2021: 28,703 thousand.
1.4) Two movies grossed the following income at the box office: $224 million
and $198 million. Write down the total amount earned in dollars.
2. Briefly explain the meaning of the values in the following scenarios:
2.1 2.2
Extract from:
Cheque Account Statement
Salary R15 000
EFT: Rent R 5 6 00 -
Other basic skills you need to master:
Calculating & estimating without a calculator
Understand numbering conventions in context.
Converting between fractions, decimals & percentage.
Find square root, cube root, square & cube values.
Performing calculations with brackets and using the correct order of operations.
2
, Rounding:
• Without realizing it you have been using these concepts of rounding and ratio regularly
in your daily life.
• This includes rounding off the prices of items when you want to check if you have enough
money.
• Using ratio’s when mixing your Oros (or other diluted cool drinks).
• We need to always look at the context in which the rounding / ratio calculation must take
place.
• It is therefore important to read carefully and then apply your mathematical knowledge
correctly to the given context.
1. Let’s look at some examples of rounding off:
Round 4 862,749 off to…
a) The nearest whole number
b) The nearest hundred
c) The nearest fifty
d) Two decimal places
2. Let’s look at some examples of rounding off in context:
a) Susan must wrap presents. Each present requires 70 cm of wrapping paper. She has a 5 m roll.
Determine the number of presents she can wrap with one roll.
b) For a picnic Mbali wants to give each attendee 3 slices of pizza. There are 15 people attending
and each pizza can be cut into 8 slices. Calculate how many pizzas she will need to buy.
Rounding off in context requires you to think PRACTICALLY.
3. Let’s look at some examples of cash rounding:
a) Sam wants to buy the following top from Mr Price.
Determine the amount due, if paying cash.
b) Use the extract from a till slip to calculate the missing
values a & b
3
