Pearson Edexcel GCE In Geography (9GE0) Paper 1 Mark Scheme (Results) Summer
2025
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Geography (9GE0)
Paper 1
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
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and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications
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raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can
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Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P78680A
Publications Code 9GE0_01_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader
must be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Question Indicative content Mar
number k
1 (a) AO3 (4 marks)
(i) 1.44 (1)
(ii) 6.64 (1)
Accept that a candidate may incorrectly answer (i), scoring 0 marks,
but then use their answer to correctly calculate Σ (xi −μ)2. Here
they must be awarded 1 mark.
For example, if the candidate incorrectly answers (i) as -1.44, their
answer of 3.76 for (ii) is correct, so award 1 mark.
(iii) 1 mark for substituting into the the equation,
(1)
SD = √(6.64/11)
Or accept
0.77694
0.7769
0.776
Then 1 mark for rounding
(1)
Standard deviation is 0.78 to two decimal places
No working out is required for full marks (2 marks).
Where the wrong answer is given, 1 mark can be awarded for a
correct method.
If their answer in (ii) is the correct addition of the 11 values from
Figure 1, plus their incorrect answer to (i), and the candidate uses
this value correctly in the Standard Deviation equation, award 1
mark. Award a second mark for the correct rounding of this
calculation.
For example, if the candidate has an answer for (ii) of 3.76, their
answer of 0.58 is correct and so is worth 2 marks.
2025
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Geography (9GE0)
Paper 1
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body.
We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational
and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications
websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch
with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in
education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages,
we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and
raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can
help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P78680A
Publications Code 9GE0_01_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader
must be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Question Indicative content Mar
number k
1 (a) AO3 (4 marks)
(i) 1.44 (1)
(ii) 6.64 (1)
Accept that a candidate may incorrectly answer (i), scoring 0 marks,
but then use their answer to correctly calculate Σ (xi −μ)2. Here
they must be awarded 1 mark.
For example, if the candidate incorrectly answers (i) as -1.44, their
answer of 3.76 for (ii) is correct, so award 1 mark.
(iii) 1 mark for substituting into the the equation,
(1)
SD = √(6.64/11)
Or accept
0.77694
0.7769
0.776
Then 1 mark for rounding
(1)
Standard deviation is 0.78 to two decimal places
No working out is required for full marks (2 marks).
Where the wrong answer is given, 1 mark can be awarded for a
correct method.
If their answer in (ii) is the correct addition of the 11 values from
Figure 1, plus their incorrect answer to (i), and the candidate uses
this value correctly in the Standard Deviation equation, award 1
mark. Award a second mark for the correct rounding of this
calculation.
For example, if the candidate has an answer for (ii) of 3.76, their
answer of 0.58 is correct and so is worth 2 marks.
