Danemathics is built and maintained by Daniel John Simons, a practising South African high school mathematics teacher. After years of watching learners struggle to find decent, well-organised revision material — past tests scattered across WhatsApp groups, memos missing, papers mislabelled — he created this site to put everything in one place, free of charge.
What you'll find here
- Past tests and exams for Grades 8–12, organised by grade, subject and school term, sourced from provincial education departments and original Danemathics class tests.
- Memorandums paired with their question papers, so you can mark your own work and learn from the method — not just the answer.
- Worksheets and extra practice for the topics learners find hardest.
- Video lessons from the Danemathics YouTube channel, where full solutions to selected papers are worked through step by step.
- Danemathics: Rise to Legend — a free CAPS-aligned maths game for Grade 8–12 learners at play.danemathics.com.
Our approach
Everything on this site follows the South African CAPS (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) curriculum and the four-term school calendar. Resources are filed under the term in which that work is normally assessed, so a Grade 9 learner revising for a June exam can go straight to Term 2 and find relevant papers.
The strongest predictor of exam success we see in the classroom is simple: learners who work through past papers under timed conditions, mark themselves honestly against the memo, and then re-do the questions they got wrong. This site exists to make that habit as easy as possible.
Keeping it free
The core of Danemathics — the lessons, worksheets and learning resources — is free and will stay free. The site is supported by advertising and by voluntary donations through Ko-fi. In future, optional extras such as exam-prep programmes, teacher packs or advanced features may help support the platform; they will sit alongside the free material, never replace it. If the resources helped you, sharing the site with a classmate or colleague is the best support of all.
Get in touch
Found a broken link, a wrong memo, or want to request a paper? Visit the contact page — feedback from teachers and learners directly shapes what gets added next.