Mark Scheme Results - January 2021 Pearson Edexcel International GCSE...

Mark Scheme (Results)

January 2021

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A (4MA1) Paper 2H

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January 2021 Publications Code 4MA1_2H_2101_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2021

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

• cao – correct answer only
• ft – follow through
• isw – ignore subsequent working
• SC - special case
• oe – or equivalent (and appropriate)

• dep – dependent
• indep – independent
• awrt – answer which rounds to
• eeoo – each error or omission

• 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.If a candidate misreads a number from the question. Eg. Uses 252 instead of 255; method marks may be awarded provided the question has not been simplified. Examiners should send any instance of a suspected misread to review. If there is a choice of methods shown, mark the method that leads to the answer on the answer line; where no answer is given on the answer line, award the lowest mark from the methods shown.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 to another.