Cambridge IGCSE™

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS 0606/22

Paper 2 February/March 2025
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 80

Published

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report f or
Teachers.

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Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They
should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptions for a question.
Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:

• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:

• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for
valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team
Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features
are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however,
should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in
the application of generic level descriptors.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question
(however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses
seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be
awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.

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Mathematics-Specific Marking Principles

1 Unless a particular method has been specified in the question, full marks may be awarded for any correct
method. However, if a calculation is required then no marks will be awarded for a scale drawing.

2 Unless specified in the question, non-integer answers may be given as fractions, decimals or in standard
form. Ignore superfluous zeros, provided that the degree of accuracy is not affected.

3 Allow alternative conventions for notation if used consistently throughout the paper, e.g. commas being
used as decimal points.

4 Unless otherwise indicated, marks once gained cannot subsequently be lost, e.g. wrong working
following a correct form of answer is ignored (isw).

5 Where a candidate has misread a number or sign in the question and used that value consistently
throughout, provided that number does not alter the difficulty or the method required, award all marks
earned and deduct just 1 A or B mark for the misread.

6 Recovery within working is allowed, e.g. a notation error in the working where the following line of
working makes the candidate’s intent clear.

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Annotations guidance for centres

Examiners use a system of annotations as a shorthand for communicating their marking decisions to one
another. Examiners are trained during the standardisation process on how and when to use annotations. The
purpose of annotations is to inform the standardisation and monitoring processes and guide the supervising
examiners when they are checking the work of examiners within their team. The meaning of annotations and
how they are used is specific to each component and is understood by all examiners who mark the component.

We publish annotations in our mark schemes to help centres understand the annotations they may see on copies
of scripts. Note that there may not be a direct correlation between the number of annotations on a script and the
mark awarded. Similarly, the use of an annotation may not be an indication of the quality of the response.

The annotations listed below were available to examiners marking this component in this series.

Annotations

Annotation Meaning

More information required

Accuracy mark awarded zero

Accuracy mark awarded one

Accuracy mark awarded two

Accuracy mark awarded three

Independent mark awarded zero

Independent mark awarded one

Independent mark awarded two

Benefit of the doubt

Communication mark

Incorrect point

Follow through

Highlighter Highlight a key point in the working

Ignore subsequent work

Method mark awarded zero

Method mark awarded one

Method mark awarded two

Misread

Omission

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Annotation Meaning

Allows comments to be entered at the bottom of the RM marking window and then
Off-page comment
displayed when the associated question item is navigated to.

On-page comment Allows comments to be entered in speech bubbles on the candidate response.

Premature rounding/approximation

Special case

Indicates that work/page has been seen

Transcription error

Correct point

Not from wrong working

MARK SCHEME NOTES

The following notes are intended to aid interpretation of mark schemes in general, but individual mark schemes
may include marks awarded for specific reasons outside the scope of these notes.

Types of mark

M Method marks, awarded for a valid method applied to the problem.

A Accuracy mark, awarded for a correct answer or intermediate step correctly obtained. For accuracy
marks to be given, the associated Method mark must be earned or implied.

B Mark for a correct result or statement independent of Method marks.

When a part of a question has two or more ‘method’ steps, the M marks are in principle independent unless the
scheme specifically says otherwise; and similarly where there are several B marks allocated. The notation ‘dep’
is used to indicate that a particular M or B mark is dependent on an earlier mark in the scheme.

Abbreviations

awrt answers which round to

cao correct answer only
dep dependent
FT follow through after error
isw ignore subsequent working
nfww not from wrong working
oe or equivalent
rot rounded or truncated
SC Special Case
soi seen or implied

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

1(a) 5 M1 For a complete method to find AOB

AOB = arccos   oe
 13 

1.18 A1

1(b) 25.9 cm 3 M1 for AB = 12 soi

M1 for arc length = 5theirAOB in

radians

1(c) Area = 15.3 cm2 3 M1 for area of triangle = 30 soi

M1 for area of sector =

1
 25  theirAOB in radians
2

( )
2(a) dy 1 2 M1 for attempt to differentiate a product,
= 2 ( x + 2 )( 3 − 2 x ) − 2 ( x + 2 ) oe
2

dx 2 or expansion and differentiation

or
dy 1
(
= −6 x 2 − 10 x + 4 oe
dx 2
)
dy 1 2 dy
When = 0, x = −2, x = nfww M1 for equating their to zero and
dx 3 dx
attempt to solve a quadratic equation to
obtain 2 x-values

2(b) 3 B1 for correct shape with maximum in

the first quadrant, continuing into the 4th
quadrant.
B1 for correct intercepts −2 and 1.5 on
the x-axis or stated and no others; must
have a cubic graph
B1 for 6 on the y-axis or stated; must
have a cubic graph

2(c) 343 M1 For finding the y-coordinate of the

or 6.35 maximum point.
54

343 A1 A0 if additional values are given.

0k 
54
or 0  k  6.35

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

3 6 3 M1 For attempt to obtain a 3-term quadratic

6 x 5 + x 5 − 12 = 0 3
in terms of x 5 , allow one sign error.
Allow use of substitution

3
4 3
3 M1 Dep for solution of their quadratic
x5 = , x5 = − equation to obtain 2 solutions in terms of
3 2 3
x5

1.62, −1.97 2 M1 for correct attempt to solve an

3
equation of the form x 5 = k , k  1
A1 for both

4(a)(i) 3003 B1

4(a)(ii) With the sisters: 792 soi B1

Without the sisters: 66 soi B1

Total 858 B1

4(b) 68 880 3 B1 Starts with 1, 3, 5, 7, 9: 42 000 soi

B1 Starts with 2, 4, 6 or 8: 26 880 soi

Alternative

68 880 (3) B1 Ends with 0: 15 120 soi

B1 Ends with 2, 4, 6 or 8: 53 760 soi

5(a) e y = mx 2 + c soi B1

m = −3 used correctly B1

c = 18.75 B1

(
y = ln 18.75 − 3x 2 oe ) B1 Allow 18.8
B0 for poor use of brackets

5(b) (
their 18.75 − 3x2  0 ) B1 May be implied by final answer

Critical values  2.5 oe seen B1 May be implied by final answer

−2.5  x  2.5 B1 Mark final answer

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

 4x 
( )
6(a) 3 4x
 2  ( x + 2 )  − ln 2 x 2 + 1 B1 for
 2x + 1  2 x2 + 1
( x + 2 )2 M1 for attempt at differentiation of a
quotient or correct product
oe, isw 4x
A1 for all terms apart from
2 x2 + 1
correct

6(b) dy M1 Substitution of x = 2 needs to be seen if

When x = 2, = 0.0849 and attempt at
dx simplification of (a) is incorrect.
correct use of small changes

Change = 0.0849h A1 Must have full marks in part (a)

6(c) dy B1
= −0.4 soi
dt

dx 0.4 M1
=−
dt dy
their
dx x = 2

awrt −4.71 A1

7(a) Least value of a when 2 + a = 1 2 B1 for range of f: 2 + a , may be implied

so a = −1. by a + 1 or a + 1

7(b)
( 2e x
)
+ 5 − 1  = 3
M1 For correct order

x = 0.916 2 M1 for correct attempt to solve to obtain

x=…

8(a) sin   sin 2  B1 Allow for a correct step and equivalent

Numerator: methods
cos 2 
1
or Denominator: soi
cos2 

sin   sin 2  B1 Must have sufficient detail

cos 2  = sin 3 
1
cos 2 

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

8(b) 1 B1
sin 3x =
2

3x = 30o... M1 Any correct triple angle

x = −110o , − 70o , 10o , 50o , 130o , 170o 3 M1 for one correct solution
A1 for three further correct solutions
A1 for a further two correct solutions
and no extra solutions in the range

9(a) 10 2 A
v= −5 M1 for v = −5
2t + 1 2t + 1

1 2 Dep M1 for attempt to solve their v = 0

When v = 0, t =
2

9(b) 1 2 FT on their t from part (a)

When t = ,
2 1
B1FT for when t = ,
s = 0.9657 or 5ln 2 − 2.5 2
and when t = 2 s = 0.9657 or 5ln 2 − 2.5
s = −1.9528 or 5ln5 −10

3.88 2 M1 for
distance = 2 ( their 0.9657 ) + 1.9528

9(c) 20 2 B
− oe M1 for , where B is an integer
( 2t + 1) 2
( 2t + 1)2
9(d) −0.2 B1 Mark final answer, do not isw.

10 a 4 x 4 − 8a3 x3 + 24a 2 x2 ... soi 3 B1 for each term

3b 3b 2 2 B1 for two correct terms

1+ + 2 ... soi
x x

a =3 B1

b=5 2 B1 for −8a3 + 3a 4b = 999 oe

or 243b − 216 = 999 oe

c = 3051 2 B1 for 3a 4b2 − 24a3b + 24a 2 = c oe

or 6075 − 3240 + 216 = c oe

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

11 1 B1
tan ( y + 1.5) =
3

Allow 1.96 or 1.9625 to 1.964 3 M1 for a correct order of operations,

Allow 5.10 to 5.11 may be implied by y = −1.178 oe
A1 for one correct solution
A1 for a second correct solution and no
extras

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