Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9709 Mathematics June 2012 Grade Thresholds

MATHEMATICS
GCE Advanced Level and GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 9709 (Mathematics) in the May/June 2012 examination.

maximum mark available Component 11 Component 12 Component 13 Component 21 Component 22 Component 23 Component 31 Component 32 Component 33 Component 41 Component 42 Component 43 Component 51 Component 52 Component 53 Component 61 Component 62 Component 63 Component 71 Component 72 Component 73 75 75 75 50 50 50 75 75 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

minimum mark required for grade: A 60 58 57 42 42 42 61 56 59 41 31 38 36 38 39 43 38 36 38 39 43 B 52 50 49 37 39 37 56 50 52 35 25 32 31 32 34 39 32 32 34 35 39 E 28 25 25 19 17 19 29 24 28 27 14 18 14 15 17 23 14 16 17 21 26

The thresholds (minimum marks) for Grades C and D are normally set by dividing the mark range between the B and the E thresholds into three. For example, if the difference between the B and the E threshold is 24 marks, the C threshold is set 8 marks below the B threshold and the D threshold is set another 8 marks down. If dividing the interval by three results in a fraction of a mark, then the threshold is normally rounded down. Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component. The thresholds for the syllabus are determined first by adding together the thresholds for the components taken by the candidate. A reduction may be made at the higher grades depending on the correlation of the papers. If the maximum raw marks for the components are not in the weighting/relationship specified in the syllabus, a weighting is applied to arrive at the overall thresholds. The A* threshold is calculated using the difference between A and B as a starting point.

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Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9709 Mathematics June 2012 Grade Thresholds For AS Level components, adjustments may be made to the marks awarded for some versions of the paper in order to neutralise any differences in the difficulty of the different versions and so make sure that all candidates face an equal demand. The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 250 for A Level and 125 for AS Level. For this syllabus in this series the grade thresholds were as follows:

Option AX AY AZ DX DY DZ EX EY EZ FX FY FZ GX GY GZ HX HY HZ IX IY IZ JX JY JZ KX

Combination of components 11, 31, 41, 61 12, 32, 42, 62 13, 33, 43. 63 31, 61 and AS from last June 32, 62 and AS from last June 33, 63 and AS from last June 31, 41 and AS from last June 32, 42 and AS from last June 33, 43 and AS from last June 31, 51 and AS from last June 32, 52 and AS from last June 33, 53 and AS from last June 31, 71 and AS from last June 32, 72 and AS from last June 33, 73 and AS from last June 31, 61 and AS from last Nov 32, 62 and AS from last Nov 33, 63 and AS from last Nov 31, 41 and AS from last Nov 32, 42 and AS from last Nov 33, 43 and AS from last Nov 31, 51 and AS from last Nov 32, 52 and AS from last Nov 33, 53 and AS from last Nov 31, 71 and AS from last Nov

A* 213 209 213 220 216 220 209 205 209 217 216 220 214 211 219 215 211 215 208 204 208 212 211 215 213

A 188 183 186 193 188 191 185 180 183 191 188 192 192 188 195 191 186 189 184 179 182 189 186 190 191

B 163 157 159 166 160 162 161 155 157 165 160 164 170 165 171 167 161 163 160 154 156 166 161 165 169

C 136 130 133 139 133 136 134 128 131 138 133 138 141 137 144 137 131 134 132 126 129 136 132 136 139

D 109 103 107 112 106 110 107 101 105 111 107 112 112 109 117 107 102 105 104 98 102 107 103 108 109

E 82 77 81 85 80 84 80 75 79 85 81 87 83 82 91 78 73 77 76 71 75 78 74 80 79

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Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9709 Mathematics June 2012 Grade Thresholds Option KY KZ S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 Combination of components 32, 72 and AS from last Nov 33, 73 and AS from last Nov 11, 21 11, 41 11, 61 12, 22 12, 42 12, 62 13, 23 13, 43 13, 63 A* 210 218 A 187 194 100 89 96 100 89 96 100 89 96 B 164 170 87 75 82 89 75 82 87 75 82 C 135 142 72 63 67 73 63 67 72 63 67 D 106 114 58 51 53 57 51 53 58 51 53 E 78 87 44 39 39 42 39 39 44 39 39

Grade Thresholds are published for all GCE A/AS and IGCSE subjects where a corresponding mark scheme is available.

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