transcription errors (1 Viewer)

[davidbarnes]

How exactly do these work? I.e. if the question was factories 2x^2 + 5x - 12
and you read it as -5x and wrote on the writing book 2x^2 - 5x - 12 and then factorized it correctly, (2x + 3)(x - 4) , would you get the full 2 marks?

 

[Timothy.Siu]

How exactly do these work? I.e. if the question was factories 2x^2 + 5x - 12
and you read it as -5x and wrote on the writing book 2x^2 - 5x - 12 and then factorized it correctly, (2x + 3)(x - 4) , would you get the full 2 marks?

no y wud u get it right. although u probably wudn't lose the whole 2 marks.
u definitely wudn't get full marks though, why wud u get marks FOR YOUR MISTAKE.

 

[danz90]

for a 2 mark question.. they would penalise you the 1 mark for the transcription error.. but then if your working was correct for what you copied.. you'll get 1 out of 2 marks.

 

[Azreil]

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=184363

^ thread says something very different. Me, I don't know, I try not to make such errors obviously.

 

[PC]

Provided your working was excellent and that the transcription error could be clearly seen, you'd get the full marks. If you just wrote down the answer (2x + 3)(x - 4) you get no marks. As they used to put on the front of every exam, marks may not be awarded for careless or badly arranged work.

 

[steffiiii]

in some circumstances you could get zero. that happened to me. 3 whole marks... *poof* GONE! they may not be so mean though.