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1 2
final answer M1 for or
or better

2 7.2 oe 1

3 [±] 7.5 oe 2
M1 for
or better

4 final answer 4 M1 for expanding

brackets or ÷ g
M1 for isolating terms in
h
M1 for factorising
M1 for dividing by
bracket to isolate h
Incorrect/unsimplified
final answer scores max
3 marks

5 3 M1 for correct
rearrangement for y or y
2
term
M1 for correct square
root
M1 for correct division
by 2 or
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6 −2 2 M1 for (–3)(–2) + (–8)

7 2 M1 for

8(a) 3 2 M1 for
oe

8(b) −7 1
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9 4 B3 for final answer

final answer

OR
M1 for multiplying or
dividing by m
correctly
M1 for term(s) in m on
one side correctly and
terms not in m on the
other side correctly
M1 for correctly
factorising m with a
2-term bracket oe
M1 for correct division
by their 2-term bracket
with m as the subject
To a maximum of M3 for
an incorrect answer
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10 4 M1 for correctly clearing

oe final answer
the denominator and
expanding bracket
M1 for correctly
collecting terms in m on
one side and terms not in
m on the other
M1 for correct
factorising
M1 for correct division
dependent on m
appearing only once in a
factorised expression

11 2 M1 for
or
or
oe final answer
or

12 2
final answer M1 for

M1 for correctly square

rooting their expression
in x 2
If zero scored SC1 for
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13 3 M1 for correctly
oe final answer
collecting terms in p on
one side and terms not in
p on the other side
M1 for correct
factorising
M1 for correct division
dependent on p appearing
only once in a factorised
expression
Maximum M2 for an
incorrect final answer

14 3 M1 for correctly isolating

oe final answer term in a
M1 for correctly
multiplying by 2 (or −2)
M1 for correctly dividing
by

15 3 M1 for correctly
oe final answer subtracting to isolate
term in
M1 for correct division
M1 for the final stage of
correctly finding the
square root

16 v3−p 2 M1 for v 3 = p + r
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17(a) 35 1

17(b) 2 M1 for multiplying by 3

or
or for dividing by

or
M1 for dividing by A

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