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- 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q22a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/22 · May/June 2025 · Q9b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/23 · May/June 2025 · Q11b[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/23 · May/June 2025 · Q11c[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2024 · Q23a[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2024 · Q23b[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · October/November 2024 · Q4a[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · October/November 2024 · Q4b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · October/November 2024 · Q4c[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · October/November 2024 · Q4d[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · May/June 2024 · Q4a[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2023 · Q18a[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2023 · Q18b[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2023 · Q23a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · May/June 2023 · Q13b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · May/June 2023 · Q5a(iii)[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/22 · May/June 2023 · Q7a(i)[1]
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What examiners said
Few candidates scored full marks. Many scored a partial mark for four correct placements (usually 6, 9, 5 and 3). Many others just omitted the 1 remaining member who did none of the activities. Candidates should not place the numbers 22, 24 and 14 inside the circles for run, cycle and sail; they can be placed by the respective letters outside the circles, preferably R = 22 for example. It was very...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q18(a) (Cambridge)
Many of the better candidates were able to use the correct set notation to describe the shaded region. Many others had a good idea of what was required but were unable to write the answer with the correct notation, for example (G ∩ H)F’ or (G ∩ H)∪F’ were common. A very common incorrect answer was G ∩ H, excluding F completely.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/11 Q18(b) (Cambridge)
There was a lot of information given in this question and many candidates interpreted some of it correctly to position 2 in the centre of the Venn diagram. Some also identified that 4 people bought a scarf and gloves and positioned this correctly in the Venn diagram. Finding the values for the remaining two regions was much more challenging. Some found the correct value for gloves only as 16 but d...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/12 Q23(a) (Cambridge)
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