How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
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1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Vraestel 2, Graad 10. “Verwys na die uittreksel. Wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal vier tot ses woorde aan.”
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
If you have never seen this before: Noem die karakter, haal uit die uittreksel aan, en sê wat die woorde wys. Moenie die boek oorvertel nie. We will name a method in words, write the formula with no numbers, then substitute one line at a time.
2. What do we already know?
Kontekstuele vraag. Die uittreksel is op die bladsy.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Noem die karakter, haal uit die uittreksel aan, en sê wat die woorde wys. Moenie die boek oorvertel nie.
4. Step-by-step working
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Punt
Bly binne die uittreksel vir die aanhaling. Die res van die boek mag jy net vir die verduideliking gebruik.
aanhaling uit die uittrekselWhy this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
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Pas die reël toe
Punt: die karakter is onder druk. Bewys: die vier woorde. Effek: die leser sien die keuse, nie net die gebeurtenis nie.
punt, bewys, effekWhy this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
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Kontroleer
Tel die vraag 3 punte, gee drie aparte punte of een punt in drie stappe ontwikkel.
punte pas by die tellingWhy this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
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Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
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Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Die karakter is onder druk. Die aangehaalde woorde wys die keuse. Die leser oordeel die karakter uit daardie keuse, nie uit ’n opsomming nie.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
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Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Die karakter is onder druk. Die aangehaalde woorde wys die keuse. Die leser oordeel die karakter uit daardie keuse, nie uit ’n opsomming nie.
6. Check it like a marker
’n Opsomming van die hele boek verdien min op ’n kontekstuele vraag. Die uittreksel is die bewys.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”