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DBE Grade 12 Euclidean geometry

Every euclidean geometry question from the DBE NSC Paper 2 papers of November 2021–2024 and May/June 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, in one booklet — 22 questions, 333 marks, with the official marking guideline for every one of them. Free to download, in English and Afrikaans.

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Each question is a clip of the original DBE page: the wording, the mark allocations and the diagrams are exactly as they were printed. Only the blank answer space has been removed, so work in a separate book. The solutions booklet is the board’s own marking guideline, not a rewritten one.

What is in it

22 questions in 3 chapters, ordered so you can work through one skill at a time.

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1Why ST = TR, then two angles in a cyclic quadrilateralTangents, and tangents from a point outside, Cyclic quadrilaterals, Angles in the same segment5November 2021 Q9
2An exterior angle of a cyclic quadrilateral, then AD = DCCyclic quadrilaterals, Angles in the same segment6November 2024 Q9
3A diameter and a bisected angle: find three moreThe angle in a semi-circle, and diameters, Chords, and the line from the centre, The angle at the centre12May/June 2024 Q9
4Two diameters, a perpendicular chord, everything in terms of xChords, and the line from the centre, The angle in a semi-circle, and diameters, The angle at the centre13November 2021 Q10
5A diameter drawn through a cyclic quadrilateralCyclic quadrilaterals, The angle in a semi-circle, and diameters, The angle at the centre13November 2022 Q8
6A tangent, a parallel line, and a cyclic quadrilateral to proveThe tangent-chord theorem, Proving a quadrilateral is cyclic, Cyclic quadrilaterals13November 2022 Q10
7Two circles with a tangent common to both at QTangents, and tangents from a point outside, The tangent-chord theorem, The angle in a semi-circle, and diameters15May/June 2021 Q10
8Two tangents meeting a chord that has been producedTangents, and tangents from a point outside, Cyclic quadrilaterals, Proving a quadrilateral is cyclic15November 2023 Q10
9A diameter cutting a chord, and the angles around itThe angle in a semi-circle, and diameters, Chords, and the line from the centre, The angle at the centre16May/June 2021 Q8
10A cyclic quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallelCyclic quadrilaterals, Angles in the same segment, The tangent-chord theorem16May/June 2022 Q9
11A diameter produced until it meets a tangentTangents, and tangents from a point outside, The angle in a semi-circle, and diameters, Proving a quadrilateral is cyclic19May/June 2024 Q10
12Two circles touching internally, and a tangent common to bothTangents, and tangents from a point outside, The tangent-chord theorem, Cyclic quadrilaterals20November 2024 Q11
13A parallelogram cut by a line, and the length of FBThe proportion theorem, Products and ratios of lengths9November 2023 Q9
14A line drawn across a triangle, and the ratios it createsThe proportion theorem, Similar triangles, Products and ratios of lengths20May/June 2025 Q9
15The tangent-chord theorem, proved and then usedProving the theorem itself, not using it, The tangent-chord theorem, Tangents, and tangents from a point outside11May/June 2024 Q8
16The line from the centre that bisects a chordProving the theorem itself, not using it, Chords, and the line from the centre14November 2022 Q9
17A line parallel to one side of a triangle, provedProving the theorem itself, not using it, The proportion theorem15November 2024 Q10
18The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumferenceProving the theorem itself, not using it, The angle at the centre16November 2023 Q8
19The proportion theorem, then the rider that follows itProving the theorem itself, not using it, The proportion theorem, Similar triangles17May/June 2021 Q9
20Equiangular triangles have their sides in proportionProving the theorem itself, not using it, Similar triangles, The proportion theorem20May/June 2025 Q10
21The tangent-chord theorem again, and a long rider after itProving the theorem itself, not using it, The tangent-chord theorem, Tangents, and tangents from a point outside23November 2021 Q11
22Equiangular triangles, then the longest rider in the bookProving the theorem itself, not using it, Similar triangles, Products and ratios of lengths25May/June 2022 Q10