Functional QuestionFoundation(Number 8)

For the week beginning ….

In a quiz there are ten questions.Each correct answer gains five points.Each wrong answer loses two points.(a) Liz gave ten correct answers.How many points did she get altogether?

Answer ................................................. (1)

(b) Glen gave seven correct answers and three wrong answers.How many points did he get altogether?

Answer ................................................. (3)

(c)     Iqbal answered all ten questions.Explain how Iqbal could get 43 points altogether.

(2)(Total 6 marks) 

 

(a)     50B1 - Marks awarded independent of method

(b)    

 subtracted from their 35M1 – Method mark

29      A1 - Accuracy marks are awarded when following on from a correct method

35M1 – Method mark

(c)     9 questions rightor 1 question wrongor 45 right 2 wrongB1 45 correct 1 wrongor 9 correct 2 wrongor 45 and 2 seenB2 - Marks awarded independent of method[6]

Most candidates indicated that they were using the correct method in part (b). However, arithmetic slips were extremely common. The most frequent errors in method were 35 + 6 = 41, 10 × 5 – 6 = 44 and 7 × 5 – 3 = 32. In part (c) many candidates scored full marks. Some were confused over the 2 points lost for 1 wrong answer, so 9 right, 2 wrong and 8 right, 2 wrong were          seen frequently. Weaker candidates worked back from a full score of 50 stating that

 were wrong. A few candidates were very vague, saying that “some were incorrect”.

Common Mistakes – what did the examiners say?