{"id":267733,"date":"2025-11-06T13:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/?p=267733"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:48:21","slug":"matrics-have-mixed-emotions-over-second-maths-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/matrics-have-mixed-emotions-over-second-maths-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrics have mixed emotions over second Maths paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The relief was palpable as the <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/beyond-matric-how-to-transform-your-mid-term-results-into-matric-final-exam-success\/\">matric learners<\/a> stumbled, tired, out of the examination hall on Monday 3 November after writing their second maths exam paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the Western Cape more than 77&nbsp;000 matrics sat down for this reckoning with the numbers; if they are successful it may open many doors.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standard checked in with some of the matric learners at <a href=\"https:\/\/worcgim.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Worcester Gimnasium<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worcgim.co.za\/\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urelia Sauls said she felt the second paper was much more difficult than the first, which learners wrote on Friday 31 October. &#8220;On today&#8217;s paper I got stuck on some of the questions and took longer, which meant I was concerned about the time. 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