Grade thresholds – June 2019

Cambridge IGCSE™ (9–1) Biology (0970)

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0970 (Biology) in the June 2019 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
available
Component 11 40 – – – – – 24 21 18 16
Component 21 40 35 33 31 27 23 20 17 14 12
Component 22 40 35 33 31 27 24 21 18 15 12
Component 31 80 – – – – – 46 38 30 20
Component 41 80 57 49 42 37 32 26 20 15 9
Component 42 80 63 54 46 41 36 31 24 17 10
Component 51 40 30 28 25 22 19 16 13 10 7
Component 61 40 32 30 28 24 21 18 15 12 9
Component 62 40 36 34 32 29 26 23 19 15 12

The maximum total mark for this syllabus, after weighting has been applied, is 200.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Combination of
Option 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Components
BX 21, 41, 51 154 139 124 109 94 79 64 50 36
CX 21, 41, 61 156 141 127 111 96 81 66 52 38
CY 22, 42, 62 167 151 136 121 107 93 76 59 43
FX 11, 31, 51 – – – – 122 110 92 74 56
GX 11, 31, 61 – – – – 124 112 94 76 58

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