Mark Scheme (Results)

January 2016

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

Mathematics A (4MA0)
Paper 1F

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Mathematics A (KMA0)
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January 2016
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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.
 Types of mark
o M marks: method marks
o A marks: accuracy marks
o B marks: unconditional accuracy marks (independent of M
marks)
 Abbreviations
o cao – correct answer only
o ft – follow through
o isw – ignore subsequent working
o SC - special case
o oe – or equivalent (and appropriate)
o dep – dependent
o indep – independent
o eeoo – each error or omission
o awrt –answer which rounds to
 No working
If no working is shown then correct answers normally score full
marks
If no working is shown then incorrect (even though nearly correct)
answers score no marks.
 With working
If there is a wrong answer indicated on the answer line always check
the working in the body of the script (and on any diagrams), and
award any marks appropriate from the mark scheme.
If it is clear from the working that the “correct” answer has been
obtained from incorrect working, award 0 marks.
Any case of suspected misread loses A (and B) marks on that part,
but can gain the M marks.
If working is crossed out and still legible, then it should be given any
appropriate marks, as long as it has not been replaced by alternative
work.
If there is a choice of methods shown, then no marks should be
awarded, unless the answer on the answer line makes clear the
method that has been used.
If there is no answer on the answer line then check the working for
an obvious answer.
 Ignoring subsequent work
It is appropriate to ignore subsequent work when the additional work
does not change the answer in a way that is inappropriate for the
question: eg. Incorrect cancelling of a fraction that would otherwise
be correct.
It is not appropriate to ignore subsequent work when the additional
work essentially makes the answer incorrect eg algebra.
Transcription errors occur when candidates present a correct answer
in working, and write it incorrectly on the answer line; mark the
correct answer.
 Parts of questions
Unless allowed by the mark scheme, the marks allocated to one part
of the question CANNOT be awarded in another.
Apart from Questions 16 and 18 (where the mark scheme states otherwise), the correct answer, unless clearly obtained by an incorrect
method, should be taken to imply a correct method.
Question Working Answer Mark Notes
1 (a) Jakarta 1 B1 accept 8943
(b) eight thousand one 1 B1
hundred and three
(c) 8220 1 B1 cao
(d) 3520 1 B1 cao
(e) 3493 + 8220 M1
11 713 2 A1
Total 6 marks

Question Working Answer Mark Notes

2 (a)(i) 7 B1
10
(a)(ii) 0.7 2 B1 ft from (a)(i) at least 3 sig figs
truncated or rounded for recurring
decimals
OR correct answer
(b)(i) 2 triangles shaded B1
(b)(ii) 25 2 B1 accept any fraction equivalent to
100 25 1 5
eg. ,
100 4 20
(c) 57 1 B1
Total 5 marks
3 a Tpad 1 B1
b 315 1 B1
c 13.7 1 B1
d 165 × 6 (=990)oe or subtraction of at least 165 M1
from 1000
1000 − "990" M1 dep for a complete method
10 3 A1
Total 6 marks

4 a 4, 5, 4, 7 2 B2 for correct frequencies

B1 for at least 2 correct frequencies or tallies
b 9 1 B1 ft from (a) or 9
c 6 1 B1
d eg. 3 is a factor of 9 1 B1 for identifying 9 with a correct reason

e (6), 8, (10), 12 2 B2 B1 for at least 4 correct entries

8,(10),(12),14
(10),12,14,16
12,14,16,18
fi 3
oe 2 B2 B1 for a with a < 16 or 3 with b > 3 or
16 16 b
3 and 16 used with incorrect notation (eg. 3 : 16)
ft from complete table for numerator only

fii 6
oe 1 B1 ft from complete table for numerator only
16

Total 10 marks
5 a 32 1 B1
b reason 1 B1 eg. doubled 16, 2n – 1
c 512 1 B1 accept 29
Total 3 marks

6 a octagon 1 B1 condone incorrect spelling

b 1 B1 eg. sides are not all the same length or
reason only 2 lines of symmetry
c parallel lines marked 1 B1
Total 3 marks

7 a (−3, 1) 1 B1 cao
b Shape drawn with vertices (−3, −1) (−1, −1,) (−1, −4) 1 B1 cao
c 3 cm2 2 B2 for 3 cm2
B1 for 3 ; B1 for cm2

If lengths seen in mm, allow

B1 for 300; B1 for mm2
Total 4 marks
14 a eg. 24 ÷ 6 × 800 M1 for a complete method

3200 2 A1 accept 3.2 litres

b eg. 450 ÷ 300 × 6 M1 for a complete method

9 2 A1

Total 4 marks
15 a 6 ÷ 40 × 360 oe M1
54 2 A1
b 20 to 24 oe 1 B1
c 2×6 + 7×3 + 12×5 + 17×12 + 22×14 or M2 freq × all correct midpoint values stated
12 + 21 + 60 + 204 + 308 or (or evaluated) with intention to add
605 (condone any two errors in midpoints or
frequencies)

If not M2 then award M1 for all products t

× f (and t is consistently within the
interval, including end values) and
intention to add (condone any two errors
in their midpoints or frequencies)

"605" ÷ 40 or M1 dep on at least M1

2  6  7  3  12  5  17  12  22  14
6  3  5  12  14
15.125 4 A1 accept 15 or 15.1 or 15.13 from correct
working with no errors
(15 without working gains M0 A0)
NB. Accept 15.1625 (using 2.25 as mi-
interval in first class)

d 14 ÷ 40 × 100 oe M1 award M1 for 26 ÷ 40 × 100 or 65%

35 2 A1
Total 9 marks
16 bisector with 2 B2 for bisector within guidelines with two pairs of relevant
construction arcs construction arcs seen

If not B2 then B1 for a bisector within guidelines with no arcs

present or relevant arcs present with no bisector
Total 2 marks

17 a 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 1 B1 no repeats
b eg. 4, 5, 7, 8 2 B2 for 4, 5, and any two of 7, 8, 9, 10

If not B2 then B1 for 4,5 or

4,5 and any one or two other
numbers from the universal set or
4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 or
7, 8, 9, 10 or
Venn diagram with 4,5 in
intersection and any two correct
numbers (eg. 8,10) in C
Total 3 marks
18 6x + 15 M1 for correct expansion of bracket OR
division of all terms in a correct equation by 3

6x + x = 4 − 15 M1 for correct rearrangement within a correct equation with x

terms on one side and numbers on the other

4 3 A1 Award full marks for a correct answer if at least 1 method

1 oe
7 11
mark awarded (allow  as final answer)
7
accept −1.57(1428...)
Total 3 marks

19 a π × 5.42 × 16 M1

1466 2 A1 answer in range 1464.9 - 1466

bi 5.45 1 B1 
accept 5.449
bii 5.35 1 B1
Total 4 marks
20 a (−2, −1) correct line 3 B3 for y = 2x + 3 drawn from x = − 2 to 4
(−1, 1)
(0 , 3) if not B3 then B2 for a correct straight line segment through at least
(1 , 5) 3 of
(2, 7) (−2, −1) (−1, 1) (0 , 3) (1 , 5) (2, 7) (3 , 9) (4 , 11) OR
(3 , 9)
(4 , 11) for all of (−2, −1) (−1, 1) (0 , 3) (1 , 5) (2, 7) (3 , 9) (4 , 11) plotted but not
joined

if not B2 then B1 for any 2 correct points stated (could be in a table)

or plotted OR
a line with a positive gradient through (0, 3) OR
a line with gradient 2

b M1 for x = 3 and y = 2 drawn

correct region 2 A1 for correct region identified (R need not be labelled)

Accept shaded or unshaded
Total 5 marks
21 4.5 M1 for correct trig statement
tan ACB =
9.6 4.5
eg. sin ACB = or
112.41
9.6
cos ACB =
112.41
 4.5  M1 dep
tan -1  
 9.6 
25.1 3 A1 awrt 25.1
Total 3 marks
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