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    cambridge IGCSE maths scoring help
    HI, yesterday i took the paper 2 extended igcse maths exam and I am not that proud , would say I did around 60 out of 70 and i was wondering if in order to get A* if i need both paper 2 and paper 4 (coming up) independently to be over 90% or the overall mark to be over 90%?
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    (Original post by hjuyyy)
    HI, yesterday i took the paper 2 extended igcse maths exam and I am not that proud , would say I did around 60 out of 70 and i was wondering if in order to get A* if i need both paper 2 and paper 4 (coming up) independently to be over 90% or the overall mark to be over 90%?
    Overall mark.

    It really depends now though, since the grade boundaries haven't been released. What zone are you in? I did my IGCSE maths last november... I was in zone 2 and we needed 94% overall for an A*! The papers for the other zones were well below 90% for an A* though.
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