COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AT 13+

MATHEMATICS
LEVEL 3 MARK SCHEME

This is a suggested, not a prescriptive, mark scheme.

Practice Paper 2009–2010

The majority of answers are worth two marks.

Award M: 1 A: 1 unless otherwise stated.

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Practice 43
question

1. 63 1

2. 47 1

3. 3500 m 1

4. 36 1

5. £7.20 1

6. 3:5 1

7. £7.25 1

8. 3
7
1

9. 6 1

10. 4
9
1

11. 1.4 1

12. 1

13. 17 15 or equivalent 1

14. 8 1
6
frequency
4
2

1 2 3 4 5 6

15. 44 kg 1
score on die

16. 96 1

17. 6 sides 1

18. 9 cm 1

19. 56 1

20. £31.50 1

Total 20

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1. (i) £4.37 1 A: 1

(ii) £7.61 1 A: 1

(iii) £5.76 2

(iv) 65 pence 2

2. (a) (i) 31 2

(ii) 24 2

(b) (i) 2  2  5  7 or equivalent 2 M: 1 for factorisation

A: 1 for answer

(ii) 35 1 A: 1

3. (i) 1.764 2 M: 1 for correct figures

A: 1 for decimal point

(ii) 3.6 2 M: 1 for 25.2

7

A: 1 for answer

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4. (i) 16 1 A: 1

(ii) 4 1 A: 1 accept 16 if not

used earlier

(iii) 27 1 A: 1

(iv) 29 or 5 1 A: 1

(v) 20 1 A: 1 accept 4 or 5 if not

used earlier

5. (a) £15.30 2 M: 1 for £2.70

A: 1 for answer

(b) 7 2 M: 1 for 84
25 300

A: 1 for answer

6. (a) £33 (allow any sensible answer) 2 M: 1 for 110  30

A: 1 for answer

(b) 20 (allow any sensible answer) 2 M: 1 for 6000

300

A: 1 for answer

7. (a) (i) 1 34 3 M: 1 A: 1 for 9

12

A: 1 for answer

(ii) 1
8
1 A: 1

(b) 14 3 A: 1 for 8 and 16

A: 1 for 6 and 8

A: 1 for answer

(c) 28 2 M: 1 for 42 3 3
2

A: 1 for answer

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8. (a) (i) 3 1 A: 1

(ii) 11 2 M: 1 for 6

A: 1 for answer

(iii) 36 2 M: 1 for 9

A: 1 for answer

(iv) 21
2 A: 1 for 2
28
4

A: 1 for answer

(b) t8 3 A: 1 for 60 5 15 t

2
M: 1 for
60 3 2
t5 or equivalent
15
A: 1 for answer

9. (a) (i) m  64 2 M: 1 for 24  3

8
or
3m  24  8

A: 1 for answer

(ii) n  4 3 M: 1 for 6n  12

A: 1 for 4n  16

A: 1 for answer

(b)(i)(a) q < 6 2 M: 1 for 3q < 18

A: 1 for answer

(b) q 5 1 A: 1

(ii) 2 A: 1 for
25

A: 1 for
25 0 6
6

10. a  50° 1 A: 1

b  65° 2

c  65° 2

d  15° 1 A: 1

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11. (i)
y
14

13

12

11

10 B

8
y=7
7

D 6

5
C
4 A

24 23 22 21 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x
21

22

A 1 A: 1

(ii) B 2 A: 1 for y  7

A: 1 for accuracy

(iii) C 2 M: 1 for rotation of 90°

anti-clockwise

A: 1 for accuracy

(iv) D 2 A: 1 for each movement

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12. (i) 4° 1 A: 1

(ii) 4 A: 1 for 30/9/16

A: 1 for angles
pie chart

A: 1 for accuracy

A: 1 for labels
35 lemon

140°
120°
64°
30 chocolate
36° 16 coffee

9 ginger

(iii) (a) 120 1 A: 1

(b) 105° 1 A: 1

13. (i) red card

1 2 3 4 5
1 1, 1 1, 2 1, 3 1, 4 1, 5
green 2 2, 1 2, 2 2, 3 2, 4 2, 5
card
3 3, 1 3, 2 3, 3 3, 4 3, 5

1 A: 1

(ii) (a) 1
6
2
5
A: 1 accept 15

(b) 7
15
1 A: 1

(c) 3
5
1 A: 1 accept 9
15

(iii) 3 2 M: 1 for 4 choices

1,1 1,4 2,2 3,3
4

A: 1 for answer

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14. (i) 44 pints 1 A: 1

(ii)
100

80

60

pints

40

20

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
litres
conversion graph 2 M: 1 for line throʼ (0,0)

A: 1 for accuracy
(iii) (a) 63 pints 2 accept 62–65 pints

(b) 18 litres 2 A: 1 for 43 litres

accept 42–43 21 litres
A: 1 for answer
accept 17–18 21 litres

15. (i) odd numbers total

1 1
13 4
135 9
1357 16
13579 25
1  3  5  7  9  11 36

2 A: 1 for each row

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(ii) 64 1 A: 1

(iii) 100 1 A: 1

(iv) n  39 2 M: 1 for 20 numbers

A: 1 for answer

(v) 2t  1 2 A: 1 for 2t

A: 1 for 1

Total 100

LEVEL 3: CALCULATOR

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1. (a) (i) 10.04366632 2

(ii) 10.044 1 A: 1

(iii) 10.0 1 A: 1

(b) (i) 17.3 1 A: 1

(ii) 0.866 1 A: 1

2. (i) £5.40 2

(ii) 31.9% 2 M: 1 for 23

72 4 100


A: 1 for answer

accept 32%

3. (i) 31.25 km 1 A: 1

(ii) 9 cm 1 A: 1

(iii) 2 km 2 M: 1 of 0.5 km  4

A: 1 for answer

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4. (a) (i) 31.5 litres 1 A: 1

(ii) 7 km/l 1 A: 1

(iii) £4.41 2

(b) 262 km 3 A: 1 for 198

A: 1 for 64

A: 1 for answer

5. (a) (i) 750 ml 2 M: 1 for 300  10

4

A: 1 for answer

(ii) 14 2 M: 1 for 280

80
4

A: 1 for answer

(b) (i) 60 2 M: 1 for 15  3  12

A: 1 for answer

(ii) 3:6:5 2 A: 1 for 12 : 24 : 20

A: 1 for answer

for Q6 – see page 11

7. (a) (i) 9a 2  3a 1 A: 1

(ii) 12a 5 2 A: 1 for 12

A: 1 for a 5

(iii) 3a  2 2 A: 1 for  4 correctly

A: 1 for  a correctly

(b) (i) 6  2c 3 M: 1 for 4c  20

A: 1 for  6c  14

A: 1 for answer

(ii) 6g (2g  3h) 2 M: 1 for partial

factorisation

A: 1 for answer

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6. (a)

Y 2 M: 1 for enlargement
factor 3

A: 1 for accuracy

(b) 5 2 M: 1 for area factor

A: 1 for answer

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8. (i) 5.3 sec 1 A: 1

(ii) 17.6 sec 2 M: 1 for ʻcentral readingʼ

A: 1 for answer

(iii) 17.8 sec 2 A: 1 for 142.4

M: 1 for total  8

(iv) 0.6 sec 1 A: 1

9. (i) 11

10

triple
jump 9
distance,
in metres
8

0 12 13 14 15 16 17
100 metres time, in seconds

A: 21 off for each

plotted points 2
incorrect

round down

(ii) negative 1 A: 1

(iii) the faster they run, the further they jump 1 A: 1

(iv) line of best fit 1 A: 1

(v) 8.9 m 1 A: 1 allow sensible

answer

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10. (i) decagon 1 A: 1

(ii) w  36° 1 A: 1

x  144° 1 A: 1

y  18° 2

z  108° 2

11. (i) (a) 3.00 cm 2 28.2

M: 1 for
π
A: 1 for answer

accept 3 cm or 3.0 cm

(b) 18.8 cm 1 A: 1

(ii)(a) x(x  2)  16 ... x2  2x  16 1 A: 1

(b) 3
x x 2  2x

4 24

3 15

3.1 15.81
A: 1
3.2 16.64

3.15 16.2225 A: 1

x  3.1 A: 1

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12. (i)
N SEA

R 225°

N
6 cm
N
10.4 cm
45°
B

45° 12 cm
30°
P 75°
LAND

B 2 A: 1 for 75°

A: 1 for 12 cm

(ii) R 2 A: 1 for 45°

A: 1 for 6 cm

(iii) distance 10.4 km 1 A: 1 allow 10.210.6 km

bearing 225° 1 A: 1 allow 223°227°

(iv) 3 hours 33 minutes 2 M: 1 for 28.4  8  3.55

A: 1 for answer

allow 3.31 21  3.34 21

13. (i) 48 cm2 1 A: 1

(ii) 8.94 cm 2 M: 1 for AC 2  82  42

A: 1 for answer

(iii) BE  AC  2  48 2 M: 1

BE  2  48  8.94  10.7 A: 1

(iv) 5.4 cm 2 M: 1 for CE 2  122  10.7 2

A: 1 for answer

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14. (i) 1 0 1
x 5 4 3 2

y 5 0 3 4 3 0 5

2 A: 21 off for each

incorrect round down

(ii)
y
6

3 3
2
y 5 x 1 4x
4 3

3 2

y 5 3 1 12 x

3 3 3
26 25 24 23 22 21
0 1 2 x

22

3 3
24
3

y  x 2  4x 2 A: 1 for plot

A: 1 for curve
(iii) 1 A: 1
x 6 2 2

y 0 2 4

(iv) y  3  2x 1 A: 1
1

(v) (4.2, 0.9) and (0.7, 3.4) 2 A: 1 for each point

allow
(4.3 to 4.1 , 0.8 to 1.0)

(0.6 to 0.8 , 3.3 to 3.5)

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15. (i) 3s  4w  45 1 A: 1

(ii) s  3w  25 1 A: 1

(iii) s7 4 M: 1 for balancing

equations
w6
A: 1 for correct
subtraction

A: 1 for 7 A: 1 for 6

(iv) £8 2 A: 1 for
5  7  3  6  53

A: 1 for answer

Total 100

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