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Mathematics subject report · May 2015

MathematicsSubject report2015May 2015

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May 2015 extended essay reports Page 1 Mathematics Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0-7 8-15 16-22 23-28 29-36 The range and suitability of the work submitted Most candidates produced at least a reasonably good essay this year. There seemed to be fewer candid ates gaining disappointingly low marks. It is always disappointing to see candidates throw away marks needlessly by not including an abstract, introduction or conclusion, not numbering pages or exceeding 4000 words, for example. Schools are reminded that c andidates should have access to the criteria and should be urged to follow them. It is encouraging to know that this is happening in the vast majority of schools. A common failing in candidates who scored poorly was a tendency to write an essay about mathematics, without actually doing any mathematics. For example candidates might state that there are infinitely many prime numbers rather than proving it. Others might say that the golden ratio is 1.618, rather than derive the exact value by setting up and solving a quadratic equation. It is better to prove
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Subject
Mathematics
Document type
Subject report
Year
2015
Session
May 2015
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
Not labelled
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
45 KB
Pages
3
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