This is the Mathematical Literacy Grade 12 Paper 1 exam set by the Department of Basic Education for the May/June 2026 National Senior Certificate examination, worth 150 marks across five questions. It opens with a terminology matching question on data handling terms such as box and whisker plots, exchange rates and debits. It then covers monthly investment growth for education savings, tourist statistics for South Africa broken down by age group and country of origin, and a tax invoice with VAT calculations.
The following document, Mathematical Literacy Grade 12 Paper 1 May June 2026.pdf, is the full document.
NSC Exam Brief
Mathematical Literacy Grade 12 Paper 1 PDF XDV-197
Terms covered in this paper include box and whisker plot, exchange rate, observation, data, debit, accumulated amount, discrete data, VAT (value added tax), and tax invoice.
The paper consists of 15 pages plus a separate special answer book of 17 pages, and has five questions. Question 1 covers terminology matching, investment growth over time for education savings, and tourist statistics for South Africa by age group and country. Question 2 covers a tax invoice, including missing values, discounts and VAT calculations.
By the end of this paper, learners should be able to interpret data handling terminology, read and interpret tables of accumulated investment amounts and tourist statistics, round off and calculate missing values from given data, and check VAT calculations on a tax invoice for accuracy.