CXC CSEC math exam - marking scheme for May/June 2010 and forward
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Marking scheme for CXC CSEC math exam This exam is made up of two papers: paper 1 and paper 2 There are 60 questions on this paper. Each question is worth 1 mark. All the questions are compulsory (you must answer all the questions). The total number of marks possible for this paper is 60 marks. The marks you make on this paper contributes 33% to the final overall grade you make for the math exam.
Paper 2
Section one is worth 90 marks - you have to answer 8 compulsory Section two is worth 30 marks - you have to choose two questions to answer out of 3 structured or problem-solving questions. Each question is worth 15 marks. The total number of marks possible for this paper is 120 marks.
The following two tables show how marks are awarded for the
* Note that 10 of of the 70 questions that you must complete for the exam receives 67% of the marks. These 10 questions are on paper two (2) of the exam, therefore, you will need to score well on this paper in order to pass the exam.
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Re:what percetnge will get you a grade 1
Hello. There is no fixed percentage for awarding grades in the CXC CSEC exams.
Re: What percentage is a grade 3 in maths
Hello. There is no fixed percentage for awarding grades in the CXC CSEC exams.
Re; How much percentage is a grade 2
Hello. There is no fixed percentage for awarding grades in the CXC CSEC exams.
Re: What percentage is a distinction
Hello,
CXC recently held seminars for regional journalists. In these seminars, CXC has said that they do not award "distinctions" for passes in the CXC CSEC exams.
Yes! I know! People have been saying they have received "distinctions" in the CSEC exams for years! However, this is what CXC had to say about it,
No such thing as Grade 1 Distinctions, says CXC Officials
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (GIU) – Officials from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) set the record straight on Monday during a one-day seminar for journalists that they have never given distinctions to students who successfully complete the exams at Grade One level."
Read more at Caribseek News
Yeah! Strange right? All these years people have been running all over the region talking about how many distinctions they received in their CXC CSEC exams, turns out that it is not possible to get "distinctions" in these exams.
Hi!
example H&S
could anyone tell me if your are getting an AVERAGE of (75 percent) on pass paper do you stand a good chance in getting a grade TWO in the CXC exams.just curious,REPLY PLEZZ.
Mathematics
how many profiles are there for the Mathematics cxc exams and how are they graded ?
Can an individual pass the
Can an individual pass the exam by passing paper 1 only (eg. 30% on paper 1 and 20% on paper 2)or is it that a pass must be obtained on both papers?
PLEASE RESPOND
I recently wrote the maths exam and accidently answered 2 questions on the same page.
Will my answers still be marked.
PLEASE RESPOND!!!!!!
madness hmm
So if their is no fix percent we just have to pass half make and they, ll asign any marks
Hi..i wrote the 2014 exam
Hi..i wrote the 2014 exam this year and got scores like yours..so, if you don't mind me asking..what grade did you got?
by having grade 4 in maths, have i passed?
I want to know if I passed by having grade 4 in maths, or do I have to re-sit this exam to get a b etter grade?
Got my result and it is
Got my result and it is saying result is preliminary, what does that mean
Re: CXC CSEC math exam - marking scheme for May/June 2010 and f
What percent will get you a grade 1?