Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

0610 Biology March 2016

Grade Thresholds

BIOLOGY
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0610 (Biology) in the March 2016 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark A B C D E F G
available
Component 12 40 – – 24 21 19 16 13
Component 22 40 30 26 23 20 18 16 14
Component 32 80 – – 46 41 37 31 25
Component 42 80 44 38 30 25 19 15 11
Component 52 40 27 23 20 18 15 11 7
Component 62 40 23 20 18 16 12 9 6

Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component.

The maximum total mark for this syllabus, after weighting has been applied, is 200.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Combination of
Option A* A B C D E F G
Components
BY 22, 42, 52 143 126 109 92 79 66 54 42
CY 22, 42, 62 138 122 106 90 76 63 52 41
FY 12, 32, 52 – – – 113 101 90 74 58
GY 12, 32, 62 – – – 111 99 87 72 57

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