Higher June 2025 Paper 5 Q9
9 A school has three terms, Autumn, Spring and Summer.
In class A there were 90 absences in the Autumn term, 120 absences in the Spring term and 40 absences in the Summer term.
Compared to class A, class B had:
- \(\frac{3}{10}\) fewer absences in the Autumn term
- 5% more absences in the Spring term
- 7 more absences in the Summer term.
Design and complete a two-way table to show this information. [6]
| Answer | Marks | Part marks and guidance | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Correct two-way table constructed and completed
| 6 | B3 for 63 and 126 or B2 for 63 or 126 or M1 for 120 × 1.05 oe or for [5% =] 6 or for \(\frac{7}{10} \times 90\) oe or for \(\left[\frac{3}{10} =\right]\) 27 | For all marks ignore additional columns or rows on table for attempts to find totals. Ignore extra rows if not used For M and A marks ignore calculations in cells alongside values in 3 by 2 table | ||||||||||||
| M2 for correctly designed table with headings or M1 for 3 by 2 or 2 by 3 table with no headings or error[s] in headings | Accept e.g. 3 by 2 table Condone internal/external lines omitted in table Accept abbreviated heading e.g. A S S Allow table headings in any order | ||||||||||||||
| A1 (dep on M2 or M1 for table) for six correct or FT entries placed consistently in table | FT their 63 and their 126 | ||||||||||||||