What
you "must know" to achieve maximum marks.
Advice
as to which questions to attempt and when.
What is the best kept secret on paper!. What questions can
you safely leave out?
See our
solutions to past exam questions in algebra and sequences
and series (AP/GP)
'Complex
numbers' See questions form 1995 to 1999.
'Solutions'
See
the 2000 paper.
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 Ordinary
Level
Lay
out of the Exam
Two
Papers total 300 marks available on each Paper Time allowed
for each paper 2 hours 30minutes.
Paper
1
There
are 8 questions on this paper they will mark your best
six. You may attempt all 8 questions if you have time,
they will correct all your answers but they will only
include the marks of the best 6 answers.
Paper
2
There
are 7 questions in section A of which you must attempt
5. There are 4 questions in section B (the options) of
which you must attempt one. All Questions are worth 50
marks
Marking
Scheme
(1)
Each question will be divided into three sections named
(a), (b), (c). Sections (b) and (c) will themselves be
divided into two sections (i), (ii).
(2)
Section (a) will receive 10 marks. Sections (b) and (c)
will receive 20 marks each that is 10 marks for part (b)/(c)(i)
and 10 marks for part (b)/(c)(ii).
The
exam is marked as follows
- If
the correct answer is given it will receive full marks.
- If
an incorrect answer is given the question will be marked
on "slips" and "blunders", what this means is that the
corrector will read through your answer to find where
you made your mistake. If the mistake is the result of
a small "slip"(a small numerical error) you will only
loose 1 mark .So it is possible to get 9 marks out of
10 for an incorrect answer!
-
If the incorrect answer is the result of a "blunder" (a
mathematical error or an omission) you will loose 3 marks
for each blunder but remember the same error in the same
section is penalised only once!
-
If you have taken a step in the right direction of the
answer, you will receive the attempt mark for that part
of the question, no matter how many slips and blunders
you have made, the attempt mark is 1/3 of the marks for
that section of the question. The attempt is the minimum
mark you can get for a question provided you have taken
one step in the right direction.
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What
you "must know" to achieve maximum marks.
Advice
as to which questions to attempt and when.
What is the best kept secret on paper!. What questions can
you safely leave out?
Download PDF
See solutions
for leaving past papers in trigonometry.
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