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IGCSE Computer Science 0478/21 — May/June 2023 past paper

Paper 2 Algorithms, Programming and Logic (variant 1) · 1h 45m · 85 marks

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For the whole May/June 2023 seriesExaminer report Grade thresholds

Grade boundaries for 0478/21

Grade	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Marks	43	31	20	16	13	10	7

Minimum raw mark out of 75, from Cambridge's May/June 2023 grade thresholds. Cambridge sets A* only for the whole subject.

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About this past paper

This is the Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science (0478) Paper 2 Algorithms, Programming and Logic past paper from the May/June 2023 exam series — 1h 45m, 85 marks. The official mark scheme is here too, so you can check every answer the way an examiner would. The examiner report for the series explains where candidates lost marks. The grade thresholds show the marks needed for each grade.

Cambridge's reference for this paper is 0478/21/M/J/23; the files are named 0478_s23_qp_21 and 0478_s23_ms_21.

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