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Questions: ZIMSEC O-Level Mathematics Paper 2 November 2010 Question Paper
This is the ZIMSEC O-Level Mathematics marking scheme for Paper 2 from November 2010. It shows how marks are awarded, so you can mark your own answers to the matching question paper. See the question paper.
MATHEMATICS
SUBJECT 4008/4028
PAPER 2
GENERAL COMMENTS
General performance of candidates was poor with the majority in the $0-10$ marks group. This shows that candidates were not prepared thoroughly for the examination. Some never attempted questions from Section B.
Many candidates continue dividing pages which makes it difficult to allocate marks. Presentation of work was not neat with some work very difficult to follow. Teachers should emphasize on neat and orderly presentation of work.
Cases of cheating on the part of candidates and centres continue to cause concern. Centres are encouraged to make their invigilators supervise their classes thoroughly to avoid copying and collusion. ZIMSEC examiners are professionally trained to detect any cases of cheating. Stiffer penalties should be given to all found cheating and banning of centres found.
Irritating and bad comments still appear in the candidates' scripts some of them insulting the examiners. Centres must check that candidates do to write these provocative comments.
Some centres do not thoroughly do their marking of registered as some candidates are indicated as present when their scripts are missing or some indicated as absent but scripts are present. Counting of scripts should be accurate and tally with register. The labeling should also be accurate on the subject code and paper.
Some centres mixed 4008 and 4028 papers in one envelope. These are separate papers. Worse still, some indicate paper 1 when it is paper 2 or mix the scripts in one envelope. Splitting of large centres should be done accurately so that examiners do not end you marking scripts not allocated to them.
Centres to make sure that candidate are up to date with rules and regulations governing examinations.
QUESTION BY QUESTION ANALYSIS
QUESTION 1
(a) The examiner expected candidates to follow the rules of precedence starting with division and then addition. Some candidates book the รท sign as a + . This was not considered since the + sign was there in the question. Some also inverted $\frac{16}{9}$ instead of $\frac{8}{3}$ resulting in wrong solution.
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