Math IGCSE Mark Scheme
Math IGCSE Mark Scheme
Published
This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.
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Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for
Teachers.
Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.
Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2017 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®,
Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some Cambridge O Level
components.
The following notes are intended to aid interpretation of mark schemes in general, but individual mark schemes
may include marks awarded for specific reasons outside the scope of these notes.
Types of mark
A Accuracy mark, awarded for a correct answer or intermediate step correctly obtained. For accuracy
marks to be given, the associated Method mark must be earned or implied.
When a part of a question has two or more ‘method’ steps, the M marks are in principle independent unless the
scheme specifically says otherwise; and similarly where there are several B marks allocated. The notation ‘dep’
is used to indicate that a particular M or B mark is dependent on an earlier mark in the scheme.
Abbreviations
2(a)(i) Reflection, y = x 1
2(b)(i) Correct triangle 2 SC1 for rotation 90° clockwise about (0, 0)
(0, 0), (0, 2), (–2, 3) or rotation 90° anti-clockwise about different centre
2(b)(ii) Correct triangle 2 SC1 for stretch with s.f. = 2, x-axis invariant or
(0, 0), (4, 0), (6, 2) stretch with y-axis invariant with different scale
factor.
3(b) Positive 1
4(a)(i) −1.5 1
oe
1
5(b)(iii) 5 h 32 (or 31.8 to 32[.0] ) min 3 M1 for 4150 ÷ 750 soi by 5.53 or 5.53 ...
B1FT for correct conversion to hours and minutes
6(a)(i) [x =] cv oe 1
6(a)(ii) [y =] kv2 oe 1
Question
Q Answer Marks Partiaal Marks
7(b) 120 1
91.78 to 91.779 A2 A1
A for 8425 or 5 337
A1
A for 22.2 or
o 22.16 to 222.17…
8(a) 3 With
W correct shape with ttwo max on right of y-axxis
and
a one on leeft, all abovee x-axis and reasonable
r
quality
q
or
o B2 for corrrect shape an
and all above x-axis
or
o B1 for corrrect shape
Correct skettch
If
I 0 scored, B1
B for straighht line with negative
n
gradient
g crosssing curve thhree times beetween
x = 0 and x = 400. May bbe freehand.
9(a)(i) 2 1
1
× x × ( x + 2) ×
3
oe or better M1 for × x × ( x + 2 ) × sin 60
2 2 2
final answer
9(a)(ii) equating to 18 3 and correct M1 Dependent on correct answer used from (a)(i)
or answer to (a)(i) contains sin60 but is
elimination of 3 otherwise correct.
10(a)(i) 1 3 8−2
[y =] x+1 M1 for gradient = oe
2 14 − 2
M1 for correct substitution of (2, 2) or (14, 8) into
y = (their m)x + c oe soi
10(a)(ii) [y =] –2x + 26 3 −1
M1 for gradient = 1
their 2
M1for substituting (11, 4) into
y = (their – 2 )x + c oe soi
10(c) (9, 8) 1
OR
11(c)(i) 198 2 45 44
oe M1 for ×
2873 170 169
11(c)(ii) 100 3 10 50 50 10
oe M2 for × + × oe
2873 170 169 170 169
10 50
or M1 for ×
170 169
12(a) 11 1
12(e) x− 2 2 y 2
oe final answer M1 for y – 2 = 4x or x = 4y + 2 or =x+
4 4 4
OR
Reflection M1
y = −2.70 + 6.75 A2
OR
Rotation M1
(2.5, 0) A1
167 (167.47) or 12.5 (12.53) A1
clockwise