Edexcel A Level Mathematics (9MA0/02) Paper 2 | Advanced Maths A+

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Summer i2018

Publications iCode i9MA0_02_1806_MS

All ithe imaterial iin ithis ipublication iis icopyright
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, General iMarking iGuidance

 All icandidates imust ireceive ithe isame itreatment. i Examiners imust imark
ithe ilast icandidate iin iexactly ithe isame iway ias ithey imark ithe ifirst.

 Mark ischemes ishould ibe iapplied ipositively. iCandidates imust ibe irewarded
ifor iwhat ithey ihave ishown ithey ican ido irather ithan ipenalised ifor
iomissions.

 Examiners ishould imark iaccording ito ithe imark ischeme inot iaccording ito
itheir iperception iof iwhere ithe igrade iboundaries imay ilie.

 All ithe imarks ion ithe imark ischeme iare idesigned ito ibe iawarded.
iExaminers ishould ialways iaward ifull imarks iif ideserved, ii.e. iif ithe ianswer
imatches ithe imark ischeme. i Examiners ishould ialso ibe iprepared ito iaward
izero imarks iif ithe icandidate’s iresponse iis inot iworthy iof icredit iaccording ito
ithe imark ischeme.

 Where isome ijudgement iis irequired, imark ischemes iwill iprovide ithe
iprinciples iby iwhich imarks iwill ibe iawarded iand iexemplification/indicative
icontent iwill inot ibe iexhaustive.

 When iexaminers iare iin idoubt iregarding ithe iapplication iof ithe imark
ischeme ito ia icandidate’s iresponse, ia isenior iexaminer imust ibe iconsulted
ibefore ia imark iis iawarded.

 Crossed iout iwork ishould ibe imarked iUNLESS ithe icandidate ihas ireplaced iit
iwith ian ialternative iresponse.

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General iInstructions ifor iMarking

1. The itotal inumber iof imarks ifor ithe ipaper iis i100.


2. These imark ischemes iuse ithe ifollowing itypes iof imarks:


 M imarks: iMethod imarks iare iawarded ifor i‘knowing ia imethod iand iattempting ito iapply
iit’, iunless iotherwise iindicated.
 A imarks: iAccuracy imarks ican ionly ibe iawarded iif ithe irelevant imethod i(M) imarks
ihave ibeen iearned.
 B imarks iare iunconditional iaccuracy imarks i(independent iof iM imarks)
 Marks ishould inot ibe isubdivided.


3. Abbreviations

These i are i some i of i the i traditional i marking iabbreviations i that i will iappear i in i the
i mark ischemes.

 bod i– ibenefit iof idoubt
 ft i– ifollow ithrough
 the isymbol i i will ibe iused ifor icorrect ift

 cao i– icorrect ianswer ionly
 cso i- icorrect isolution ionly. iThere imust ibe ino ierrors iin ithis ipart iof ithe iquestion
ito iobtain ithis imark

 isw i– iignore isubsequent iworking
 awrt i– ianswers iwhich iround ito
 SC: ispecial icase
 o.e. i– ior iequivalent i(and iappropriate)
 d ior idep i– idependent
 indep i– iindependent
 dp idecimal iplaces
 sf i significant ifigures
 � i The ianswer iis iprinted ion ithe ipaper i or iag- ianswer igiven


4. All iM imarks iare ifollow ithrough.
A imarks iare i‘correct ianswer ionly’ i(cao), iunless ishown, ifor iexample, ias A1 ift ito
iindicate ithat iprevious iwrong iworking iis ito ibe ifollowed ithrough. iAfter ia imisread,
ihowever, ithe isubsequent iA imarks iaffected iare itreated ias iA ift, ibut ianswers ithat
idon’t
logically imake isense ie.g. iif ian ianswer igiven ifor ia iprobability iis i>1 ior i<0, ishould
inever ibe iawarded iA imarks.