Grade 12 Maths: the last six weeks before the exam

Two things happen to Grade 12 learners in the last six weeks: they spend equal time on every topic, and they lose time on the work they already know.

Week 1: get the list right

Write down every topic in the curriculum and mark it as solid, shaky or missing. That list is your study plan. It beats any timetable out of a book.

Weeks 2 to 4: the weak topics

Spend most of your time on the missing topics, one at a time. Work through a few past-paper questions per topic before moving on. This is the phase where people waste the most time by reading instead of doing.

Weeks 5 and 6: full papers under time

Now do complete papers with a clock and no memo nearby. Mark them yourself and write every mistake into one list. That list is your work for the final evening.

What not to do

• Do not start learning new topics that the paper will not ask.
• Do not skip a week to rest and then try to catch up.
• Do not read the memo before writing. It feels like studying, but it is not.

Maths is learnt through working, not through recognising. Every step you write out yourself is one more mark in November.