Mathematical Literacy

Mathematical Literacy develops the competencies for individuals to make sense of, participate in and contribute to a world characterized by numbers, numerically based arguments and data represented and misrepresented in a number of different ways. These include the ability to reason, make decisions, solve problems, manage resources, interpret information, schedule events and use and apply technology. Both mathematical content and real-life contexts are used to develop these competencies.

Mathematical Literacy provides the learner with opportunities to analyse problems and devise ways to work mathematically in solving such problems. Opportunities to engage mathematically in this way will also assist learners to become astute consumers of the mathematics reflected in the media.

There are five key elements of Mathematical Literacy:

1. The use of elementary mathematical content

2. Authentic real-life contexts

3. Solving familiar and unfamiliar problems

4. Decision making and communication

5. The use of integrated content and/or skills in solving problems

Grade 10

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Term 1:

• Rates and percentages

• Patterns, relationships and representations

• Measurement (Conversions and Time)

Term 2:

• Finance (Financial Documents and Tariff Systems)

• Measurement (Measuring Length, Weight, Volume, Temperature)

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Scale and Map work)

• Probability

• Revision

Term 3:

• Finance (Income, expenditure, profit/loss, income-and-expenditure statements and budgets)

• Measurement (Perimeter, area and volume)

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Models and Plans)

Term 4:

• Finance (Interest, Banking and Taxation)

• Data Handling

• Revision

Grade 11

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Term 1:

• Patterns, relationships and representations

• Measurement (Conversions and Time)

• Finance (Financial documents; Tariff systems; Income, expenditure, profit/loss, income-and-expenditure statements and budgets; Cost price and selling price; Break-even analysis)

Term 2:

• Finance (Interest, Banking, Inflation)

• Measurement (Measuring length, measuring weight, measuring volume, measuring temperature)

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Scale and Map work)

Term 3:

• Measurement (Perimeter, area and volume)

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Models and Plans)

• Finance (Taxation)

• Probability

Term 4:

• Finance (Exchange rates)

• Data Handling

• Revision

Grade 12

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Term 1:

• Measurement (Conversions; Time)

• Finance (Financial documents; Tariff systems; Income, expenditure, profit/loss, income-and expenditure statements and budgets; Cost price and selling price; Break-even analysis)

• Data handling

Term 2:

• Finance (Interest; Banking; Inflation)

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Scale and Map work)

• Measurement (measuring length, weight, volume, temperature; Calculating perimeter, area and volume)

• Revision

Term 3:

• Finance (Taxation; Exchange rates)

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Scale and Plans)

• Probability

• Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world (Models)

• Revision

Term 4:

• Revision