Grade 10 Mathematics Memorandum: June 2025 Paper1

Question 1

1.1.1 5𝐷
𝑝=√𝑘
5×129
=√ 15 √ 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
= √43 √ 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (2)

1.1.2 Irrational √ 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (1)

1.1.3 √100 < √111 < √121 √√100 < √111 < √121
√ 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (2)
10 < √111 < 11

∴ 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 10 𝑎𝑛𝑑 11

1.2 0,32̇ = 0,3222222222. ..

𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑥 = 0,32̇

∴ 10𝑥 = 3, 2̇ − − − − − (1) √ 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛1

⟹ 100𝑥 = 32, 2̇ − − − − − (2) √𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 2

𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (2) − (1)

90𝑥 = 29 √90𝑥 = 29
29
∴ 𝑥 = 90 √𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (4)

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Question 2

2.1.1 𝑚2 − 3𝑚 − 𝑚𝑑 + 3𝑑 = 𝑚(𝑚 − 3) − 𝑑(m-3) √𝑚(𝑚 − 3)

√−𝑑(𝑚 − 3)
= (𝑚 − 3)(𝑚 − 𝑑) √𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (3)

2.1.2 𝑚3 − 125 (𝑚 − 5)(𝑚2 + 5𝑚 + 25) √√𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠

=
𝑚2 + 5𝑚 + 25 𝑚2 + 5𝑚 + 25
√𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (3)
=𝑚−5

2.2.1 (2𝑝 − 3)(6𝑝2 + 4𝑝 − 8) √12𝑝3 + 8𝑝2 − 16𝑝

= 2𝑝(6𝑝2 + 4𝑝 − 8) − 3(6𝑝2 + 4𝑝 − 8) √−18𝑝2 − 12𝑝 + 24

= 12𝑝3 + 8𝑝2 − 16𝑝 − 18𝑝2 − 12𝑝 + 24

1
 = 12𝑝3 − 10𝑝2 − 28𝑝 + 24 √𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (3)

2.2.2 22𝑥 × 4𝑥 × 2 22𝑥 × 22𝑥 × 2 √𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 4𝑥 𝑡𝑜 22𝑥

=
16𝑥 24𝑥
4𝑥
2 .2 √√𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔16𝑥 𝑡𝑜 24𝑥
= 4𝑥
2
√𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (4)
=2

2.2.3 3𝑝3 − 7𝑝2 − 6𝑝 3𝑝2 + 2𝑝 √𝑝(3𝑝2 − 7𝑝 − 6)

÷
𝑝2 − 9 3𝑝 + 9 √(𝑝 + 3)(𝑝 − 3)
𝑝(3𝑝 + 2)
𝑝(3𝑝2 − 7𝑝 − 6) 𝑝(3𝑝 + 2) √3(𝑝 + 3)
= ÷
(𝑝 + 3)(𝑝 − 3) 3(𝑝 + 3) √(3𝑝 + 2)(𝑝 − 3)
√𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟
𝑝(3𝑝 + 2)(𝑝 − 3) 3(𝑝 + 3)
= ×
(𝑝 + 3)(𝑝 − 3) 𝑝(3𝑝 + 2) (5)

=3
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Question 3

3.1.1 9𝑦 = 4 − 5(2𝑦 − 3) √𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠

9𝑦 = 4 − 10𝑦 + 15 √𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠

9𝑦 + 10𝑦 = 4 + 15 √𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟

19𝑦 = 19
(3)
𝑦=1
3.1.2 1 √𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 4𝑎𝑛𝑑 256
4𝑦 =
256 as the base of 2.

1
22𝑦 =
28
√𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟
22𝑦 = 2−8

𝑆𝑜, 2𝑦 = −8

∴ 𝑦 = −4
(2)

2
3.1.3 9 < 𝑦 + 4 < 11

9 − 4 < 𝑦 < 11 − 4
5<𝑦<7 √𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 4
√𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠
√𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
5 7
(3)

3.3 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑅 2 − 𝜋𝑟 2 √ isolating 𝜋𝑅 2

𝜋𝑅 2 = 𝐴 + 𝜋𝑟 2
𝐴 + 𝜋𝑟 2
√√ 𝑅 = ±√
𝜋
𝐴 + 𝜋𝑟 2
𝑅=√
𝜋
(3)
3.4.1 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4 … … .. (1)

3𝑥 − 𝑦 = 11 … … … (2) √ subject of formular

√𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑦 = 4 − 2𝑥 … … … … … (3)
𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝√
𝑆𝑢𝑏 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦 𝑖𝑛 (2)
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 (1)√
3𝑥 − (4 − 2𝑥) = 11
𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑞√
3𝑥 − 4 + 2𝑥 = 11
(5)
5𝑥 = 15

∴𝑥=3

𝑆𝑢𝑏 𝑖𝑛 (1)

𝑦 = 4 − 2(3)

𝑦 = −2

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Question 4

3
4.1.1
√𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

(3𝑡 − 2)(2𝑡 2 − 4𝑡 + 1) √ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 4 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑡

= 3𝑡 3 − 12𝑡 2 + 3𝑡 − 4𝑡 2 + 8𝑡 − 2

= 6𝑡 3 − 16𝑡 2 + 11𝑡 − 2
(2)

4.1.2 4𝑡 . 8𝑡+1 22𝑡 . 23𝑡+3 √𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

=
32𝑡 25𝑡
𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 23 √
= 22𝑡+3𝑡+3−5𝑡
= 23 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟√
= 8 (3)

4.2 3𝑡 + 3𝑡−1 = 36 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 3𝑡 √

1 𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 3𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 33 √
3𝑡 (1 + ) = 36
3

3
3𝑡 = 36𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟√
4

3𝑡 = 33

𝑡=3

(3)

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4
Question 5

5.1 2𝑥 + 1 = 0 √𝑦 =0
√ answer (2)
1
𝑥=−
2
5.2 𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑎
√𝑥 − 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑠
√𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡
𝑓 √𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑝

𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ
2 √𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 (0,5; 0)
𝑎𝑛𝑑 (0; 2)

-1 0 1 𝑥 √𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

g (5)
-2

5.3 𝑦 > −1 √𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (1)

𝑂𝑅
𝑦 ∈ (−1; ∞)

5.4 Reflection about the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 √𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

√𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 (2)

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Question 6

6.1
𝑥+1 √ 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑑
= −1
2
𝑥 = −3 √ 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐷
𝐷(−3; 0)
(2)

6.2
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 1) √ 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎 (𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 3)

−𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 𝑎(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 3) √ 𝑏 = −2

𝑎 = −1; 𝑏 = −2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = 3 √ 𝑐=3

5
 (3)
6.3.1 √ 𝑓(𝑥) = 4
𝑓(−1) = −(−1)2 − 2(−1) + 3 √ 𝑓(𝑥) ≤ 4

𝑓(𝑥) = 4
(2)
𝑓(𝑥) ≤ 4

6.3.2 4−0
𝑚=
−1 − 3 𝑚 = −1√

𝑚 = −1

0 = −1(−3) + 𝑐 𝑦 = −𝑥 + 3 √
𝑐=3

𝑦 = −𝑥 + 3 (2)

6.4 𝑥 < −3 ; 0 < 𝑥 < 1 √√ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙

(2)
6.5
𝑃𝑀 = 𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑔(𝑥) 𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑔(𝑥)√
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛√
𝑃𝑀 = −𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 3 − (−𝑥 + 3) 𝑃𝑀 = −𝑥 2 − 𝑥√

𝑃𝑀 = −𝑥 2 − 𝑥
(3)

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