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Unit 2 4
43602H
Mark Sccheme

43602H
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 atics papers
s, marks arre awarded under vario
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
ept values b
between a and
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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 MARK SCHEME – GCSE MATHEMATICS – 43602H – NOVEMBER 2013

Q Answer Mark Comments

1 5x – x or 4x or 16 + 2 or 18 M1 oe

4x = 18 A1

4.5 A1ft oe
ft their rearrangement with one error if
M1 awarded

2(a) 300 or 600 or 50 or 100 or 20 M1

300 or 600 M1
and
50 or 100
and
20

720 A1 SC2 480

SC2 860
SC2 719
SC1 any table value rounded to 1sf
SC1 715
SC1 720 without M1 awarded

2(b) (349 + 349 + 59 + 59 + 39 or 855) M1

– (299 + 299 + 49 + 49 + 19 or 715
or their incorrect total of exact values
for July in part(a))

140 A1ft ft 855 – their incorrect total of exact values

in part(a)

Alternative Method

2  50 + 2  10 + 20 M1
or
350 + 350 + 60 + 60 + 40 – their 720

140 A1ft ft 860 – their 720 from rounding in part(a)

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Comments
s

3(a)
3 5  5  5 or 125 ÷ 5 ÷ 5 = 5 B1 oe
2 one
Condo 3
125 = 5
nd 25  5
orr 5 = 25 an
2
orr 5  5
3
orr 5

3(b)
3 a = 4 and b = 121 B2 B1
an
nd a = 4 and b = 1211
a = 25 and b = 100 or
(b
both in eithe
er order) a = 25
5 and b = 1000
(either order)
mbers to 100
B1 correct list of square num
allow one erroor or omission

4 5 2 M1 16 15
Co
orrect meth
hod to chang
ge and eg , (eitheer way arou
und)
8 3 24 24
into fractions with comm
mon
deenominator with at leas
st one corre
ect
nuumerator

Co
orrect fractions and No
o A1

Allternative method
m 1

Co
orrect meth
hod to calculate
5
of a
M1 eg 5  40 ÷ 8 annd 2  40 ÷ 3
8
or
2
ch
hosen value
e and of the
t same
3 5 2
 40 and  440
va
alue 8 3

Co
orrect evalu
uations and No A1

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Q Answer Mark Comments

Alternative method 2

5 2 M1
Correct method to change and
8 3
into decimals or percentages

5 A1 Correct and consistent decimals or

= 0.625 or 62.5(%)
8 percentages
and
2
= 0.66(6…) or 0.67 or 66(.6…)(%)
3
or 67(%)
and
No

5(a) 18 () 2 or 12 () 3 or 9 () 2 () 2 M1 Allow on prime factor tree or repeated
division
or 3 () 3 () 4 or 2 () 3 () 6
Condone 18 () 2 () 1 etc. for this mark

2 () 2 () 3 () 3 A1 Allow on prime factor tree or repeated

division
2 2 A1ft ft any product of prime numbers in index
2 3
form if M1 awarded

5(b) 9 B2 2
B1 answer 3 or 3 or 3  3
4
or 81 = 3 or 3 () 3 () 3 () 3

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Comments
s

6 Line (0900,0)) to (1100,8

80) B1 need not be straiight, but gra adient must be
positiv
ve for all pooints on the line

1 B1ftt ft from
m the end off the preced
ding part of the
Ho
orizontal lin
ne 4 squares long forr
2 jourrney and eaach stage must
m be in coorrect
stage 2 ordeer
nd
an The sections for sstages 3 annd 5 need not
n be
straight, but graddient must be
b negative for
Hoorizontal lin
ne 1 square across for
all poiints on the lline
stage 4

1 B1ftt
Line squarre across an
nd 3 square
es
2
do
own for stag
ge 3

1 B1ftt
lin
ne 1 squa
ares across and down tto
2
tim
me axis to represent
r arrriving home
e
fo
or stage 5

7(a)
7 1
10 B2 B1 20
0x – 10
or mu ultiplies out and simpliffies with one
e
error

7(b)
7 a (a + b + 1) B2 B1 a2 + a (b + 1))
or a (a + b) + a
or a (a + b + 1) three terms
s in bracket with
two correctt

7(c)
7 2x ˃ 9 + 1 orr 2x ˃ 10 M1 oe

x˃5 A1 SC1 (x =) 5 or x < 5 or x ≥ 5

or 2x ˃ 8 and x ˃ 4 together

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Q Answer Mark Comments

8 12  10 or 120(£ or %) M1 oe
or Correct method to calculate comparable
values
24  6 or 144(£ or %)
or
36  4 or 144(£ or %)

120(£ or %) and 144(£ or %) and A1

144(£ or %)

A Q1ft Any indication

Strand (iii) correct decision based upon their
values after M1 awarded

9(a) 4n + 2 B1

9(b) (4n , their 4n + 2) B1ft ft their (a)

9(c) y=x+2 B2 oe all equations

or B1 y = mx + c with m = 1 or c = 2
4n circled in (a) and y = x
or
3x
6n circled in (a) and y =
2
or
3x
6n + 2 circled in (a) and y = +2
2

10 445 and 544 B3 B2 445 or 544

or 450 and 540
or 450 and 549
B1 450 or 540 or 545 or 549

11(a) x2 – 5x – 6x + 30 M1 four terms, three correct with a term in x2

or x2 – 11x + k with k ≠ 0

x2 – 11x + 30 A1

11(b) 7 9 B2 7 9
8a b B1 two correct from 8, a and b
B1 correct answer with multiplication sign(s)

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Comments
s

12 6 M1
45 0 or 4540  10
540 000 000
9 A1 SC1 their 4 540 0000 000, witth digits 454
4,
4.54(0)  10
correctly coonverted to standard fo orm
3
SC1 4.54(0)  100 (million)
9
SC1 4.5  10

13(a) x2 M1 oe
x  2 x  x2 Condo
one numeraator as x or
o 2x

x2 x A1 SC1 chooses
c a vvalue for x, evaluates thhe
3 x  x2 = x  3 correct
c num
mbers of eac ch colour be ead
and
a shows tthat the frac ction of blue
e
x2 x beads
b can bbe written in
n the form
x
orr x  3  x  = x  3 x 3

eg. x = 3, red = 33, white = 6, blue = 9 and

a
9 3

8 6
18

13(b) x M1 oe
= 0.9
x 3

x = 0.9x + 2.7 or 0.1x = 2.7 M1

(x =) 27 A1

Allternative method
m 1

Ch
hooses a va alue for x, evaluates
e th
he M1 eg 3, 6, 9 and
co
orrect numbbers of each h colour beaad 1
an
nd the corre
ect proportioon of blue (oe fractionn, decimal or
o percentage)
2
be
eads.

Ch
hooses a va alue for x, evaluates
e th
he M1 eg 3, 6, 9 and
co
orrect numbbers of each h colour beaad 1
an
nd the corre
ect proportioon of blue (oe fractionn, decimal or
o percenta
age)
2
be
eads, for a proportion
p closer
c to 900%
an
nd
4, 8, 16 and
4
(oe fractioon, decimal or percenta
age)
7

(x =) 27 A1

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Q Answer Mark Comments

Alternative method 2

90 18 36 45 54 M1

100 20 or 40 or 50 or 60
63 72 81
or 70 or 80 or 90

27 M1
30

(x =) 27 A1

14 (2x – y)(2x + y) B2 B1 (2x – y)(2x – y) or (2x + y)(2x + y)

2 2
or (2x – y) or (2x + y)
or (4x + y)(x – y) or (4x – y)(x + y)

15 Correct equation of any line or M1 Ignore incorrect inequality signs

associated inequality

Correct equations of all four lines or M1 Ignore incorrect inequality signs

associated inequalities

x  3 and y  2 and A1
x  y and x + y  8

Use of included inequality for at least Q1ft Strand (i) correct use of notation
one of the solid lines
and
Use of strict inequality for at least one
of the dashed lines

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Comments
s

16 1 B1
9 = 3 or (7)° = 1
2


1
1 M1 oe
 1 3 1 1 3
  =8 3
or orr or 8 1
8 1 1  im
mplies M1
3 2
8 2
1
1
 1  1 3 1 3 1
orr   or   = or 8 =
2 8 2 2


1 A1
 1 3
  =2
8

Alll three num

mbers correc
ctly evaluate
ed A1
an
nd in correcct order
7)°
(
1

 1 3
 
8
1
92

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Q Answer Mark Comments

17 3(x + 2) or 4(x – 1) M1 Ignore RHS and denominator

3x + 6 – 4x + 4 M1 Allow one error

Ignore RHS and denominator
this also implies first M1 mark

(x – 1)(x + 2) M1 As denominator
2 2
or x + 2x – x – 2 or x + x – 2
2 2 M1 Ignore LHS
2x + 4x – 2x – 4 or 2x + 2x – 4
or 2(x – 1)(x + 2) this also implies third M1 mark
2 2
or 2(x + 2x – x – 2) or 2(x + x – 2)
2 A1
2x + 3x – 14 = 0

(2x + 7)(x – 2) (= 0) M1 Correct method to solve their quadratic

equation by
Correct substitution into the quadratic
formula
or
Correct completion of the square
or
Correct factorisation

7 A1ft ft their quadratic but must be exact values

 and 2
2 (integers, fractions, decimals or surds)
7
SC2 x =  or x=2
2

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