Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9709 Mathematics June 2011 Grade Thresholds

MATHEMATICS
GCE Advanced Level and GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 9709 (Mathematics) in the May/June 2011 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 63 57 64 43 41 41 60 67 60 44 37 39 38 31 38 38 36 33 37 41 42 B 56 48 58 39 38 38 54 61 54 40 30 33 33 24 33 32 32 28 33 37 38 E 32 24 33 23 20 20 26 31 32 30 18 19 17 8 17 13 13 12 16 21 24

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 2011 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* 216 223 216 223 230 223 221 228 221 226 228 226 218 229 223 217 224 217 216 223 216 220 222 220 213

A 190 197 190 202 209 202 197 204 197 204 204 204 197 208 202 194 201 194 190 197 190 196 196 196 190

B 164 171 164 181 188 181 173 180 173 182 180 182 176 187 181 171 178 171 164 171 164 172 170 172 167

C 136 142 138 152 159 154 145 152 147 154 152 156 147 157 155 139 145 141 136 142 138 141 138 143 137

D 108 114 112 124 130 128 118 124 122 127 124 131 118 128 129 107 113 111 108 113 112 110 107 114 107

E 81 86 87 96 101 102 91 96 97 100 96 106 89 99 103 76 81 82 80 85 86 80 76 86 78

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Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9709 Mathematics June 2011 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* 224 218 A 201 195 100 94 93 98 94 93 98 94 93 B 178 172 87 78 80 86 78 80 86 78 80 C 148 145 73 66 65 72 66 65 72 66 65 D 118 118 60 54 51 58 54 51 58 54 51 E 88 92 47 42 37 44 42 37 44 42 37

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

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