CAPS · Grades 10 to 12 · Mathematics
Matric Maths help that finds the exact line that went wrong
Your child did the work, the answer is wrong, and nobody at home remembers calculus. They snap a photo of their working. Slimkop works the question out itself, compares it line by line and asks about the first line that went off track. Your child fixes it.
Slimkop never gives the answer. It asks the question that helps your child work it out, and a right answer only counts once they can explain it.
A real example: one missing term in Grade 12 calculus
Made-up learner and working. A real Slimkop reply.
The question
Find the x-values of the turning points of f(x) = x³ − 6x² + 9x.
The learner's working
f'(x) = 3x² − 12x
0 = 3x(x − 4)
x = 0 or x = 4
- LearnerWhere did I go wrong?
- Slimkop
Watch it work
This reel shows a learner's working going in and Slimkop's question coming back. It has music, so turn up the sound.
Where Grade 12 Maths often goes wrong
- Calculus: a term falls away while differentiating, and every line after that looks right but is not.
- Factorising: a common factor is missed, so a root is lost.
- Trigonometry: the wrong sign or quadrant in a reduction formula.
- Finance: the rate and the number of periods do not match the compounding period.
Grade 12 CAPS topics
- Sequences and series
- Functions and inverses
- Finance, growth and decay
- Trigonometry
- Polynomial functions
- Differential calculus
- Analytical geometry
- Euclidean geometry
- Statistics
- Counting and probability
What your child gets
- A photo of the working is enough to start.
- Slimkop never gives the answer. Your child does the work.
- Full Grade 12 mock papers of 150 marks in 3 hours, marked to NSC standard, with feedback on every question.
- Quick tests of 5 questions in 20 minutes.
- Help for Grades 10, 11 and 12, in English or Afrikaans.
- In Parent view you see every chat, every test and the marks per CAPS topic.
- Built on the CAPS document for Mathematics, the free Siyavula textbooks for Grades 10 to 12 and the NSC question papers of November 2024 and 2025.
The whole family, one plan
7 days free, no card needed. Then R300 a month if you keep it.
Start 7 days free*Ts and Cs apply: one family plan covers up to 3 children.
Questions parents ask
Will Slimkop give my child the answers?
No. It asks the question that helps your child work it out. The only time it shows an answer is after a timed mock exam, on questions where marks were lost.
Can it read handwritten working?
Yes. Your child takes a photo in the app. If the photo is too blurry, Slimkop asks for a clearer one. The photo is not stored.
I can't help with Maths myself. Does that matter?
No. Your child gets help at any hour, also at 9pm the night before a test. You can read every chat in Parent view.
What does it cost?
The first 7 days are free and you need no card. After that you choose: R300 a month for up to 3 children, or simply stop. Nothing is charged by itself.