Grade thresholds – March 2017

Cambridge IGCSE Combined Science (0653)

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0653 (Combined Science) in the March 2017 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark A B C D E F G
available
Component 12 40 – – 23 21 19 17 15
Component 22 40 29 25 22 20 18 16 14
Component 32 80 – – 36 29 22 15 9
Component 42 80 48 39 28 23 18 13 8
Component 52 30 21 18 15 13 11 9 7
Component 62 60 39 33 28 23 18 13 8

Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component.

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 A* A B C D E F G
Components
BY 22, 42, 52 153 131 109 88 76 64 52 40
CY 22, 42, 62 150 129 108 87 74 62 49 36
FY 12, 32, 52 – – – 100 85 71 56 41
GY 12, 32, 62 – – – 98 83 68 53 38