Mark Scheme (Results)

November 2021

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

Mathematics A (4MA1)
Paper 1F
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General Marking Guidance

• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must

mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the
last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according
to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme
should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark
scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the
principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may
be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark
scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be
consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.

• Types of mark
o M marks: method marks
o A marks: accuracy marks
o B marks: unconditional accuracy marks (independent of M
marks)
• Abbreviations
o cao – correct answer only
o ft – follow through
o isw – ignore subsequent working
o SC - special case
o oe – or equivalent (and appropriate)
 o dep – dependent
o indep – independent
o awrt – answer which rounds to
o eeoo – each error or omission

• No working
If no working is shown then correct answers normally score full
marks
If no working is shown then incorrect (even though nearly correct)
answers score no marks.

• With working
If there is a wrong answer indicated on the answer line always check
the working in the body of the script (and on any diagrams), and
award any marks appropriate from the mark scheme.
If it is clear from the working that the “correct” answer has been
obtained from incorrect working, award 0 marks.
If a candidate misreads a number from the question. Eg. Uses 252
instead of 255; method marks may be awarded provided the
question has not been simplified. Examiners should send any
instance of a suspected misread to review. If there is a choice of
methods shown, mark the method that leads to the answer on the
answer line; where no answer is given on the answer line, award the
lowest mark from the methods shown.
If there is no answer on the answer line then check the working for
an obvious answer.

• Ignoring subsequent work

It is appropriate to ignore subsequent work when the additional
work does not change the answer in a way that is inappropriate for
the question: eg. Incorrect cancelling of a fraction that would
otherwise be correct.
It is not appropriate to ignore subsequent work when the additional
work essentially makes the answer incorrect eg algebra.
Transcription errors occur when candidates present a correct
answer in working, and write it incorrectly on the answer line; mark
the correct answer.

• Parts of questions
Unless allowed by the mark scheme, the marks allocated to one part
of the question CANNOT be awarded to another.
Apart from Questions 18 & 19 (where the mark scheme states otherwise), the correct answer, unless clearly obtained by an incorrect method,
should be taken to imply a correct method.
Question Working Answer Mark Notes
1 (a) 5 8 2 B1 B1 B2 for 2 correct only. B1 for 1
25 40
correct only
– 1 mark for each incorrect tick if
more than 2 ticks
(b) Octagon 1 B1 Accept misspellings
(c) 6 ‘sectors’ shaded 1 B1 Shading equivalent to 6 sectors
oe
(d) 56  3 168 56 2 M1
(= ) or  3 (= 14  3)
4 4 4
42 A1
Total 6 marks

2 (a) Sevilla 1 B1 Accept misspellings

(b) 66 000 1 B1
(c) 600 1 B1 Accept in words ie 6 hundred(s), six
hundred(s)
(d) 2:3 1 B1 Allow 1:1.5
(e) 72 2 M1 36
or
100 50
18 A1
25
Total 6 marks
Question Working Answer Mark Notes
3 (a) Wednesday 1 B1 Accept Wed
(b) 55 1 B1
(c) Correct Bars 1 B1 Susan 1.5 cm, Philip 4 cm
(and having the correct key)
(d) 25 2 M1
180 or 0.25 180 or 180  4 oe
100
45 A1
Total 5 marks

4 (a) Chicago 1 B1 Accept misspellings

(b) 16 1 B1 accept –16
(c) −1 + 2  3 2 M1 for clearly adding 3 lots of 2
or the sequence – 1, 1, 3, 5
5 A1
Total 4 marks

5 (a) 800 × 1.75 2 M1

1400 A1
(b) 60 – (98 ÷1.75) oe 60 1.75 − 98 (= 7) 2 M1 accept (98 ÷ 1.75) – 60
and "7" 1.75
4 A1 accept – 4
Total 4 marks
 6 (a) (1, 4) 1 B1
(b) 180 + “68” or 360 – “112” 2 M1 accept 66° to 70° or 110° to 114°
seen or used.
248 A1 accept 246° to 250°
(c) 5.4 1 B1 accept 5.2 cm to 5.6 cm
ignore answer line if 1dp answer
given on diagram or in space.
(d) 27 1 B1ft ft “their c” × 5 if B1 awarded in part
(c)
(e) 2 hr 20 min 2 B1 for 2 hours
B1 for 20 minutes
if no marks awarded,
SC B1 for eg 1hr 80min or 140min
Total 7 marks

7 (a) 4 1 B1
(b) 24ab 1 B1 accept ab24 etc. but no × signs
(c) 8w + w or – 4y (+) – 3y 2 M1 M1 for 9w or – 7y
9w – 7y A1
(d) 4(4 + 3t) oe 2 B2 if not B2 then B1 for 2(8 + 6t)
Total 6 marks
8 (a) 2+4+6+5 2 M1
17 A1
(b) 8+5+6 2 M1
19 A1
(c) 3+4+2+5 2 M1
14 A1 If no marks awarded,
SC B1 for 6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 (=15)
Total 6 marks

9 (0.5 × 4 × 6) – (0.5 × 2 × 3) 3 M2 if not M2 then M1 for either

0.5 × 4 × 6 (= 12) or 0.5 × 2 × 3 (= 3)

or 2 × 3 + 0.5 × 2 × 3 if not M2 then M1 for either area of 1 large

parallelogram (2 × 3) or 1 triangle (0.5 × 3 × 2)
or (0.5 × 4 × 6) – (0.25 × “0.5 × 4 × 6”) oe
Allow M1 for consistent use of incorrect side
lengths, eg 0.5 × 5 × 7
9 A1
Total 3 marks
10 (a) 2 M1 1
3 4 12 6 5 12 10 Inverting and changing to multiply
eg  (= ) or  or  4
10 1 10 20 20 40 40 or writing both fractions with the same
denominator.
3 4 12 6 shown A1 6
eg  = = Conclusion to from correct working – either
10 1 10 5 5
6 5 6 12
or  = sight of the result of the multiplication eg
20 20 5 10
3
2
4 6 must be seen or correct cancelling prior to
or eg 5  = multiplication.
10 1 5 NB use of decimals scores no marks.
(b) 10 9 20 18 2 M1 for correct fractions with a common denominator
eg − or − oe of 12 or a multiple of 12.
12 12 24 24
10 − 9
or eg
12
10 9 1 20 18 2 1 clearly A1 dep on M1 for a correct answer from fully
eg − = or − = = oe shown correct working.
12 12 12 24 24 24 12
Total 4 marks
11 (a) 6.04(0344...) 2 M1 Either numerator or denominator
1.11(3552873...) correct (at least 3 digits needed)
or for an answer of 5.42 to 5.4243
rounded or truncated.
5.4243(89042…) A1 accept 5.4243 or 5.4244 or better.
(b) 5.4 1 B1ft ft their answer to (a), must have at
least 3 sig figs in part (a)
Total 3 marks

12 (a) Enlargement 3 B1 for enlargement, enlarge, etc so long

as no mention of rotation, reflection
or translation, flip, move etc.
scale factor 3 B1 SF 3, triple, three times etc. with no
mention of a vector, line, angle of
rotation.
centre (0, 0) B1 Accept centre O or the origin
(b) line x = 5 drawn 2 M1 Can be implied by correct answer.
or shape in correct orientation, not
necessarily in correct position.
Shape with vertices at A1
(7, 2), (7, 4), (8, 3), (9, 3), (9, 2)
Total 5 marks
 Q Working Answer Mark Notes
13 (a) e6 1 B1 cao
(b) x – 3x + x – 3
2
2 M1 for any 3 correct terms
or
for 4 out of 4 correct terms ignoring signs
or
for x 2 − 2 x …
or
for … −2 x − 3
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from x2 – 2x – 3 A1
obvious incorrect working)
Total 3 marks

14 302 h2 522 oe or 900 h2 2704 3 M1 for applying Pythagoras theorem

correctly
(h2 ) 522 302 ( 1804) or
(h2 ) 2704 900 ( 1804)
(h ) 522 302 ( 1804) (= 42.47352..) or M1 for square rooting

(h ) 2704 900 ( 1804) (= 42.47352..)

Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 42.5 A1 awrt 42.5 or allow 2 451
obvious incorrect working)
Total 3 marks
15 (a) 4 2 24
54 ÷ 9 × 4 oe or 54 oe M1 Allow 0.44(44…) × 54 or
9 54
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 24 A1
obvious incorrect working
(b) "24" n 1 30 2 6
or or M1 ft if “24” < 27 or
54 n 2 60 60
54 – “24” (= 30) and “30” – “24”
or 2 × “30” – 54
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 6 A1
obvious incorrect working)
Total 4 marks

16 2 × 0.75 (= 1.5) oe or 2 × 0.75 × 2 (= 3) oe 5 M1 for area of rectangle

π × (0.5 ÷ 2)2 (= 0.1963) or M1 for area of circle
1 or
π × (0.5 ÷ 2)2 (= 0.09817) area of semicircle
2
“1.5” – “0.09817” (= 1.4018…) or M1
“3” – “0.1963” (= 2.8036…)
“1.4018” × 2 × 250 ÷ 4 (= 175.228…) or M1or for 87 – 88
“2.8036” × 250 ÷ 4 (= 175.228…) or
“1.4018” × 250 ÷ 4 (= 87.6…)
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 175 A1 Allow 175 – 176
obvious incorrect working)
Total 5 marks
17 LW = 180 oe (9LW = 1620) or 5 M2 for any two correct equations from
4L × (L + W) = 1620 oe or
5W × (L + W) = 1620 oe or (i) LW = 180 oe (9LW = 1620)
5 4 (ii) 4L × (L + W) = 1620 oe
4L = 5W oe ( L W oe or W L oe) (iii) 5W × (L + W) = 1620 oe
4 5
5 4
(iv) 4L = 5W oe ( L W oe or W L oe)
4 5
(M1 for one correct equation or 1620 ÷ 9 (= 180))
4 5 M1 for a correct equation in terms of one variable
L " L" "180" oe or W " W " "180" oe or only
5 4
4
4L L L 1620 oe or
5
5
5W W W 1620 oe or
4
4 5
9L " L " 1620 oe or 9 " W " W 1620 oe or
5 4
2
180
4 " " 4("180") 1620 oe or
W
2
180
5("180") 5 " " 1620 oe
L
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from L = 15 A2 for both correct
obvious incorrect working) and (A1 for one correct)
W = 12 Award 4 marks for L = 12 and W = 15 dep on M3
Total 5 marks
Elimination
18 5a 3 p 1.96 and 3a 2p 1.22 oe M2 for an arithmetical 5 M1 for setting up both equations oe
or method (must see the Allow the use of apples and pears oe
5a 3 p 196 and 3a 2p 122 oe calculation to find 0.22 or throughout, e.g.
5 apples + 3 pears = 1.96 and
0.26 or 0.74 and 0.48 oe)
3 apples + 2 pears = 1.22
E.g.
E.g. E.g. M1 for a correct method to
6.1(0) – 5.88 (= 0.22) oe eliminate a or p: coefficients of a or
15a 9 p 5.88 10a 6 p 3.92
or p the same and correct operation to
15a 10 p 6.1 0 9a 6 p 3.66 3.92 – 3.66 (= 0.26) oe eliminate selected variable (condone
Subtracting or any one arithmetic error) or
Subtracting
(a 0.26) 1.96 – 1.22 (= 0.74) oe to find the cost of 1 apple and 1 pear
( p 0.22) and 1.22 – “0.74” (= 0.48)
E.g. 5a 3p 1.96 and 6a 4p 2.44 oe
Subtracting

E.g. E.g. E.g. M1 (dep on M2) for substituting

5a 3("0.22") 1.96 5("0.26") 3p 196 3 × 0.22 (= 0.66) their value found (must be > 0) of
or or 1.96 – “0.66” (= 1.3(0)) one variable into one of the
3a 2("0.22") 1.22 3("0.26") 2 p 1.22 “1.3(0)” ÷ 5 (= 0.26) equations or
or for repeating above method to find
E.g 5 × 0.26 (= 1.3(0)) second variable or
1.96 – “1.3(0)” (= 0.66) for third working column allow
a p 0.48 oe “0.66” ÷ 3 (= 0.22) k (a p) k (0.48) or
or for a complete arithmetical method
Apple and pear is 0.48 oe to find the other value
10 M1 (dep on M3) can be implied by
10 "0.26" 10 "0.22" or (a p ) 0.48 10 oe or k (a p) k (0.48)
k 10(a + p) provided a and p must be
>0
Working required 4.8(0) A1 dep M2
Total 5 marks
Substitution
18 5a 3p 1.96 and 3a 2p 1.22 oe 5 M1 for setting up both equations oe
or Allow the use of apples and pears oe
5a 3p 196 and 3a 2p 122 oe throughout, e.g.
5 apples + 3 pears = 1.96 and
3 apples + 2 pears = 1.22
E.g. M1 for correctly writing a or p in terms
1.96 3 p of the other variable and correctly
3 2p 1.22 or substituting (condone any one arithmetic
5
error)
1.22 2 p
5 3p 1.96 or
3
1.96 5a
3a 2 1.22 or
3
1.22 3a
5a 3 1.96 or
2
p = 0.22 or a = 0.26
E.g. M1 (dep on M2) for substituting their
1.96 3(0.22) 1.22 2(0.22) value found (must be > 0) of one variable
(a ) or (a ) or into one of the equations or
5 3
1.96 5(0.26) 1.22 3(0.26)
(p ) or ( p ) for repeating above method to find
3 2
second variable
10 "0.26" 10 "0.22" M1 (dep on M3) can be implied by
10(a + p) provided a and p must be > 0
Working required 4.8(0) A1 dep M2
Total 5 marks
19 E.g. 3 M1 for at least 2 correct stages in prime
2 × 2 × 900 or 22 × 900 or 2 × 3 × 600 or factorisation which give 2 prime factors –
2 × 5 × 360 or 3 × 3 × 400 or 32 × 400 or may be in a factor tree or a table or listed
3 × 5 × 240 or 5 × 5 × 144 or 52 × 144 eg 2, 2, 900
E.g. E.g. (see LHS for examples of the amount of
work needed for the award of this mark,
2 3600 allow no more than one mistake ft in
2 1800 factor tree or table
900 (eg one mistake with 2 prime factors ft:
3600 = 1800 × 20 = 2 × 900 × 4 × 5 or
360 = 2 × 2 × 90)
E.g. 2×2×2×2×3×3×5×5 M1 for 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5 or 24 , 32 , 52
E.g. E.g. or 24 + 32 + 52 (ignore 1s) (may be a fully
correct factor tree or ladder)
2 3600
2 1800
2 900
2 450
3 225
3 75
5 25
5 5
(1)

Working required 24 × 32 × 52 A1 dep on M2

can be any order (allow 24 . 32 . 52)
(SCB1 for 3.6 × 23 × 53)
Total 3 marks
20 0.22x = 5.48 oe or M1
(1% =) 5.48 ÷ 22 (= 0.24909…) or
100 ÷ 22 (= 4.54…)
(x =) 5.48 ÷ 0.22 oe or M1
(100% =) 5.48 ÷ 22 × 100 or
“0.24909…” × 100 or
5.48 × “4.54…”
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 24.9 A1 awrt 24.9
obvious incorrect working)
Total 3 marks

20 0.22x = 5 480 000 oe or M1

ALT (1% =) 5 480 000 ÷ 22 (= 249 090.9091…) or
1 100 ÷ 22 (= 4.54…)
5 480 000 ÷ “0.22” oe or M1
(100% =) 5 480 000 ÷ 22 × 100 or
“249 090.9091…”× 100 or
5 480 000 × “4.54…”
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 24 900 000 A1 awrt 24 900 000
obvious incorrect working)
Total 3 marks
21 (i) 7 3 2 x 5 3 oe or 3 M1 or one side of the inequality correct,
7 3 5 i.e.. x 2 oe or x < 4
x oe or Condone = rather than ≤ or < or any other
2 2 2
7 3 2x oe and 2 x 5 3 oe sign for the M marks.
or (x =) −2 or (x =) 4
7 3 5 3 M1
x or
2 2
7 3 5 3
x
2 2 2 2
7 3 5 3
or x oe and x
2 2
or (x =) −2 and (x =) 4
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from obvious 2 x 4 A1 allow x 2 and x 4
incorrect working) Allow [−2, 4)
(ii) 2 M1 ft for drawing a line from −2 to 4
or (indep) for a closed circle or [ at −2
or (indep) for an open circle or ) or [ at 4
Only allow a follow through for a double
ended inequality
Correct A1 ft for correct diagram
diagram Only allow a follow through for a double
ended inequality
Total 4 marks
22 5.4 5 mass
0.0027 oe M1 for correctly using density =
(V ) volume
5.4 M1 for correctly rearranging for V
(V ) 2000
0.0027
102 h 2000 oe M1ft their 2000 for 102 h their V
2000 M1ft their 2000 dep on previous M1 for
(h ) oe (= 6.3661…) correctly rearranging for h
102
Correct answer scores full marks (unless from 6.4 A1 awrt 6.4
obvious incorrect working)
Total 5 marks
TOTAL FOR PAPER 100 marks
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