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Unit 1 4
43601H
Mark Sccheme

43601H
Novemberr 2013

Final version 1.0

Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant
questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the
standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in this
examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’ responses to
questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for
standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts: alternative answers not already
covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the standardisation process,
associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are required to refer these to the
Lead Assessment Writer.

It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and
expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark schemes
on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain
constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination paper.

Further copies of this Mark Scheme are available from aqa.org.uk

Glossaryy for Mark
M Scchemess
GC
CSE examin nations are marked in such
s a way as to award
d positive achievemen
a nt wherever possible.
Thus, for GCS
SE Mathema s, marks arre awarded under vario
atics papers ous categorries.

M Method marks a are awardedd for a corre

ect method w
which could
d
lead to a correctt answer.

A Accuracy markss are awarde ed when following on ffrom a corre

ect
method. It is nott necessary
y to always see
s the metthod. This can
c
be im
mplied.

B Mark
ks awarded independen
nt of method.

Q ks awarded for Quality of Written Communica

Mark C ation

ft Follow through mmarks. Marrks awarded d for correcct working

wing a mista
follow ake in an ea
arlier step.

SC Speccial case. M
Marks awardded within the scheme for a comm
mon
misin
nterpretation
n which has
s some mathematical wworth.

M de
ep ethod mark dependent on a previo
A me ous method mark being
g
awarrded.

B dep A maark that can only be aw

warded if a previous
p inddependent mark
m
has been
b awardded.

oe quivalent. A
Or eq Accept answ
wers that are
e equivalennt.
1
eg, accept
a 0.5 a
as well as
2

[a, b] Acce between a and

ept values b a b inclusive.

3.14 … Allow
w answers w
which begin 3.14 eg 3..14, 3.142, 3.149.

Use of brackets
s It is not
n necessa
ary to see th
he bracketed work to aaward the marks.
m

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Exa
aminers sho
ould consisttently apply
y the followi ng principle
es

Dia
agrams
Dia
agrams thatt have working on them m should be e treated like
e normal res
sponses. Iff a diagram has been
writtten on but the correct response iss within the
e answer space, the wo ork within thhe answer space
s should be
maarked. Workking on diag grams that contradicts
c work withinn the answe
er space is nnot to be co
onsidered ass
cho
oice but as w working, an
nd is not, the
erefore, pennalised.

Res
sponses w
which appea
ar to come
e from inco
orrect meth
hods
Whhenever there is doubt as to wheth her a candid
date has us sed an incorrrect methodd to obtain an answer, as
a general princciple, the be
enefit of dou
ubt must be he candidate. In casess where there is no dou
e given to th ubt
tha
at the answeer has come ng then the candidate should
e from incorrrect workin s be peenalised.

Questions wh
hich ask ca
andidates to
t show wo
orking
Instructions on
n marking will
w be given but usuallyy marks are
e not awarde
ed to candiddates who show
s no
working.

hich do nott ask candiidates to s how working

Questions wh
As a general p
principle, a correct
c resp
ponse is aw
warded full marks.
m

Mis
sread or miscopy
Candidates oftten copy va ncorrectly. If the exam
alues from a question in miner thinks that the candidate hass
ma
ade a genuinne misread,, then only the
t accuraccy marks (A A or B marks maximum off 2 marks are
s), up to a m
pen
nalised. Th
he method marks
m can still
s be awarrded.

Furrther work
Once the correect answer has been seen,
s m be ignored unless it goes on to contradict the
furthe r working may
corrrect answer.

Choice
hen a choice
Wh e of answerrs and/or methods is giiven, mark each
e attempt. If both m
methods are e valid then
nM
ma
arks can be awarded buut any incorrrect answe
er or method
d would result in markss being lost..

Wo
ork not replaced
Era
ased or crosssed out wo hould be marked.
ork that is sttill legible sh

Wo
ork replace
ed
Era
ased or crosssed out wo
ork that has been repla
aced is not awarded
a ma
arks.

Pre
emature ap
pproximatio
on
Rounding off ttoo early can lead to inaccuracy in s should bee penalised by 1 mark
n the final answer. This
unless instructted otherwisse.

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 Q Answer Mark Comments

1(a) 5 points plotted correctly B2 1

Allow  square
2
B1 for 3 or 4 correct plots

1(b) One straight line through both gates B1

(90, 8.5 - 9.5) and (130, 13 - 14)

1(c) 11.3 B1ft ft their straight line of best fit

Allow [11.0, 11.6] if B0 awarded in (b)

2 Alternative Method 1

At least one product attempted or one M1 16

correct value (not 6) 2  10 or 20
or 3  22 or 66
143 49 or 36
53 or 15

(their 6 + their 20 + their 66 + their 36 M1dep Must be adding products and dividing by 50
+ their 15) ÷ 50 Condone missing brackets
or
143 ÷ 50

2.86 A1

Alternative Method 2

At least one product attempted or one M1 16

correct value (not 6) 2  10 or 20
or 3  22 or 66
143 4  9 or 36
53 or 15

their 6 + their 20 + their 66 + their 36 M1dep Must be adding products and multiplying 3
+ their 15 or 143 by 50
and
3  50 or 150

143 and 150 A1

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 Q Answer Mark C
Comments
s

3 Tw
wo-way table with three
e payment B2 B1 forr table with cash/card/ttoken or
methods as row/column
r and meen/women
men/women as column/row B0 forr questionnaaires intend
ded for
inddividuals to complete

4(a)
4 15
52 48 M1 76 orr 24 seen oor implied
 100 o
or  10
00
20
00 200

76 24
orr or
100 100

76
6 and 24 se
een or impliied A1

Ba
ar drawn in correct pos sition and B1ftt 1
± sm
mall squaree
sh
haded (Shop at the botttom) with 2
co
orrect heigh
ht, division and
a width
ft their 76 or 24 bbut bar must total 100%
%
SC2 bar
b wrong w
way round

4(b)
4 1:4 B2 B1 20
0 : 80 oe
B1 a : b with its ccorrect simplest form
SC1 4 : 1

4(c)
4 3 B1 oe fraction eg 755
4 100
00

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5 (Wales =) 60(°) or
1 B1 Allow ± 2°
6 May be implied
or 1(°) = 500 or 10(°) = 5000 Values may be on pie chart
or (NI =) 15 000
or (Scot =) 45 000
or (Eng =) 90 000

360 ÷ their 60  30 000 M1

or
6  30 000
or
45 000  4
or oe
their 15 000 + their 45 000 NI + Scot + Eng with two of NI, Scot or Eng
+ their 90 000 (+ 30 000) correct (condone Wales missing)
or (Doubles) (NI + Wales + Scot) with NI and
(15 000 + 30 000 + 45 000) ( 2) Scot correct

180 000 A1 Accept integer in range [174 194, 186 206]

from angle [58, 62]
If 60° used must have 180 000

6(a) qualitative and primary B1

6(b) pie chart and bar chart B1

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 Q Answer Mark C
Comments
s

7 Allternative method
m 1

00 – (25 + 35
10 3 + 30) orr 10 M1 oe May be seen in table

Va
alid attemptt to find M1 oe
1%%, 100% orr 5% or 50%
%
1550 ÷ 25 or 6 (1%)
orr
1550 ÷ 0.25 o
or 150 × 4 or 600
(100%)
orr
1550 ÷ 5 or 30
3 (5%)
orr
50 × 2 or 300
15 3 (50%)

their 10 × the
eir 6 M1de
ep dep on previous M
orr oe
their 10 ÷ 100 × their 60
00 150 ÷ 2.5 or 1500 × 0.4 sco
ores M2
orr
heir 10 ÷ 5)) × their 30
(th
orr
heir 10 ÷ 50
(th 0) × their 3000

60
0 A1

Allternative method
m 2

50 ÷ 0.25 or
15 o 150 × 4 or 600 M1 oe
(100%)

0.35 × their 600

6 or 210
0 M1de
ep oe
an
nd
0.3 × their 60
00 or 180

150 + their 210

their 600 – (1 2 + their M1de
ep oe
1880)

60
0 A1

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Alternative method 3

150 ÷ 25 or 6 (1%) M1 oe

35 × their 6 or 210 M1dep oe

and
3 × their 6 or 180

their 6 × 100 – (150 + their 210 + their M1dep oe

180)

60 A1

8 Alternative Method 1

1.032 seen M1
3 M1 oe
5000  1.032

5495.523... A1 May be implied

5495.52 B1ft ft their answer rounded to 2 dp

SC1 5480

Alternative method 2

5000 + 5000  0.032 or 5160 M1 oe

their 5160 + their 5160  0.032 M1

or 5325.12
and
their 5325.12 + their 5325.12  0.032

5495.523... A1 May be implied

5495.52 B1ft ft their answer rounded to 2 dp

SC1 5480

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 Q Answer Mark C
Comments
s

9(a)
9 30
00, 425, 500
0 B1

9(b)
9 1 Q1 Strand
d (ii)
CBs (±
Pllotted at UC sq)
2 1
Plotted at 40, 60,, 80, 100 (± sq)
2
Allow one error oor omission

1 B1ftt 80, 3000, 425, 5000 if correct

He ect (±
eights corre sq)
2 Allow one error oor omission
Increaasing functioon not straight line
ft valu
ues from tabble

Smmooth curvee or polygon through a

all B1ftt ft their 4 plots
their points Increaasing functioon not straight line
B3 on nly for fully ft correct

9(c)
9 Allternative Method
M 1

0.9  500 or 450 seen M1 oe

Mark/ line on graaph at 450

[8
86, 87] A1ftt ft their increasingg curve or line

Allternative method
m 2: Using table

50
0 M1 oe
 20 or 13.3...
1
75
5
o
or
25
5
 20 or 6.6...
6 or 6.7
75
5

[8
86, 87] A1

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10(a) B2 oe
B1 at least one correct pair of
probabilities
1
or all top probabilities =
5
4
or all bottom probabilities =
5

10(b) 1

4 or 4 M1 oe
5 5 25
May be at end of tree diagram

8 or 0.32 A1ft oe
25
ft their tree diagram

6
11 Selects 1 000 000 or 1  10 B1
3
or 5  10 or 5000

Subtracts two values from list M1 oe

3
1 000 000 – 5  10 Condone incorrect conversion to or from
standard form for this mark

995 000 A1 May be implied

9.95 × 105 Q1ft Strand (i)

ft any answer correctly converted to
standard form

12(a) 175 – 65 (= 110) B1

12(b) 110  30 ÷ 240 M1 oe 110 ÷ 8 110  0.125

or 240 ÷ 30 = 8 or 30 ÷ 240 = 0.125 Condone 30  [0.45, 0.46]

13.75 A1 May be implied

14 A1ft ft any correctly truncated or rounded

decimal
SC2 13
SC2 5 (from total 695)
SC1 4 or 4.7(...) (from total 695)

Q Answer Mark Comments

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 13(a) 15
5 or 5 in corrrect positio
on in table B1

Eiither bar correct area in

n histogram
m M1
(4
40 – 60 bar 3 large squares high
orr 75 – 95 ba
ar 5 large sq
quares highh)

Ta
able correctt, histogram
m correct an
nd A1 1 large square = 2.5 people oe
ve
ertical scale
e or key sho
own
or 10 small squarres = 1 pers
son oe
ale of 0.5 peer cm
or sca
or sca
ale of 1 per 2 cm

13(b) 3 M1 1
 120 or 90
9 seen  120 or 30
4 4

85
5 A1

14 1 B B3 B2 forr 2 correct
2 D B1 forr 1 correct bbut not all th
he same
3 A
4 C

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