M1 A1 in math markschemes

What do they mean?
If we get the final answer with half the working do we still get full marks?

(edited 1 year ago)

M1 means a mark for workings and A1 is a mark for the correct answer
I think that generally you need to show the workings specified by M1 marks to get full marks in a question but there are other methods than those on the markscheme allowed ( and in actual gcse the marks schemes are crazy long anyway so)

I generally would say you couldn't get the mark with half the working although idk it might be different for different exam boards

Reply 2

Pangol

"M" marks are method marks, "A" marks are accuracy marks. (There are other kinds as well.)

Sometimes you can get both just for a correct answer, sometimes not. It depends on how likely it is that you could get the answer without using a correct method. Always safer to show some working!