Grade thresholds – March 2021

Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics (9709)

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 9709 (Mathematics) in the March 2021 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark A B C D E
available
Component 12 75 55 46 35 24 13
Component 22 50 39 33 27 21 15
Component 32 75 62 54 44 34 23
Component 42 50 39 32 25 18 11
Component 52 50 41 34 27 19 12
Component 62 50 41 35 29 23 18

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 250 for A Level, 125 for A2-
only A Level, and 125 for AS Level.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows. Options with the suffix J, e.g. BX (BXJ),
refer to A2-only options.

Combination of
Option A* A B C D E
Components
AY 12, 32, 42, 52 223 197 166 130 94 59
CY 12, 32, 52, 62 224 199 169 134 100 66
DYJ 32, 52 113 102 77 55 34 13
EYJ 32, 42 112 100 76 55 34 13
GYJ 32, 62 113 102 79 58 37 17
HY 32, 52, 95 221 193 163 128 93 58
IY 32, 42, 98 221 193 162 126 91 56
KY 32, 62, 98 222 195 165 131 97 63
OV 32, 52, 75 228 206 178 145 112 79
PV 32, 42, 78 227 204 178 145 112 79
RV 32, 62, 78 228 206 181 149 117 86
S4 12, 22 – 94 79 62 45 28
S5 12, 42 – 94 78 60 42 24
S6 12, 52 – 96 80 61 43 25

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