Cambridge A Level Thinking Skills 9694 — 2021 May/June Paper 1 · Variant 2

This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated. Cambridge International AS & A Level DC (DH/SG) 205580/2 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over * 8 8 4 8 0 5 7 2 8 6 * THINKING SKILLS 9694/12 Paper 1 Problem Solving May/June 2021 1 hour 30 minutes You must answer on the question paper. No additional materials are needed. INSTRUCTIONS ● Answer all questions. ● Use a black or dark blue pen. ● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. ● Write your answer to each question in the space provided. ● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. ● Do not write on any bar codes. ● You may use a calculator. ● Show your working. Where a final answer is incorrect or missing, you may still be awarded marks for correct steps towards a solution. In most questions, full marks will be awarded for a correct answer without any working. In some questions, however, you will not be awarded full marks if working needed to support an answer is not shown. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 50. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

2 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 1 In Bolandia, children will start school on 1 September 2025, provided that they meet both of these conditions on that day: 1. They are aged 5. 2. They have received their vaccination at least 25 days previously. Some children’s details are given in the table below. Name Date of Birth Vaccination Date Abraham 07 June 2020 01 August 2025 Joshua 04 February 2021 23 August 2025 David 21 May 2020 10 August 2025 Luke 08 August 2020 05 August 2025 Peter 25 July 2020 04 August 2025 Michael 17 September 2021 15 July 2025 Christian 18 October 2020 17 August 2025 (a) Which of these children will start school on 1 September 2025? [2] … … … … … … According to a new rule, a vaccination is considered to be valid only if the child is at least 5 years and 6 days old on the vaccination day. (b) Which child, as a result of this new rule, is no longer able to start school on 1 September 2025? [1] … … … … … …

3 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over 2 Kelly owns a shop. Every week she has a special offer on some of the products that she sells and she advertises these offers by comparing her prices with one of the other local shops. Each week the comparison is based on the ingredients for a particular meal. This week the comparison will be based on spaghetti Bolognese. The ingredients and their prices at the other local shop are shown in the table below. Item Local shop charges Bag of fresh pasta $1.75 Beef mince $5.50 Bolognese sauce $2.25 One of each item is needed to make the meal. Kelly wishes to advertise that it is 10% cheaper to buy the ingredients from her shop. She has decided that she will sell bags of pasta at $1.70 and jars of Bolognese sauce for $2.00 each. At what price should she sell beef mince? [2] … … … … … … … … …

4 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 3 Magnus’s 4-digit PIN code has the following properties: • The 2-digit number formed from the last two digits is twice as large as the 2-digit number formed from the first two digits. • The second and third digits are the same as each other. • The sum of all four of the digits is 21. What is Magnus’s PIN code? [2] … … … … … … … … … … … …

5 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over 4 The promenade at the seaside resort of Scartonby is 7.2 km long. A single bus travels the entire length of the promenade between West Head and East Point throughout the day. It departs from West Head every 30 minutes from 09:00 onwards and from East Point every 30 minutes from 09:15 onwards. Each journey from one end to the other takes 12 minutes. Yesterday, Dionne walked the whole length of Scartonby promenade. She set off from West Head at 10:19 and walked at a constant speed of 4 km/h throughout. (a) During Dionne’s walk from West Head to East Point: (i) Was the bus travelling towards West Head or towards East Point when it first passed her? Justify your answer. [1] … … … … (ii) How many times did the bus pass her? [2] … … … … … … At East Point, Dionne visited the aquarium. She left the aquarium at 15:20 and took the next available bus back to West Head. (b) At what time did Dionne arrive back at West Head? [1] … … … … … … …

6 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 5 Eight of my friends each gave me a gift of some money for my birthday. The amounts are shown in the table below. Jim $120 Mike $155 Rob $160 Vicky $130 Chris $110 Brian $280 Geoff $105 Oscar $140 My son made a chart to show the amount given by each friend. One of the amounts was incorrect on the chart. (a) Which friend’s amount was incorrect on the chart? [1] … … Brian telephoned me the next day to explain that his gift consisted of two gifts: one from himself and one from another friend, Phil, and that Phil’s gift was larger than his. My son made a new chart to show the amount given by each friend. This time he made no mistake. (b) How much was Phil’s gift? [2] … … … …

7 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over 6 The table shows the most popular names for children born on a remote island. Only names used at least 10 times in the year are included. Year 1994 Year 1995 Boys Out of 183 Girls Out of 183 Boys Out of 194 Girls Out of 194 Oliver 35 Mary 47 James 33 Susan 50 Noah 34 Susan 40 Rory 32 Jane 32 Alex 28 Alice 21 Alex 23 Ann 19 James 16 Jenny 14 Kevin 17 Freda 18 Alan 15 Laura 13 Oliver 13 Laura 17 Rory 11 Millie 11 Mark 12 Alice 13 Adam 10 – – Mary 13 The name Kevin was fashionable briefly during the spring one year, but was not given to anyone before or since. (a) What is the most likely name for the twin sister of someone called Kevin? [1] … … (b) What is the minimum number of other boys’ names that could have been used in 1995 but do not appear in the 1995 table of the most popular? [2] … … … … … … … …

8 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 7 Eight teams compete in the Morland Football League. At the end of each season prize money is awarded to the teams finishing in the top four positions, as follows: 1st $8000 2nd $5000 3rd $2500 4th $1000 In addition, throughout the season, teams receive $600 for every match they win, whatever the score, and $200 whenever they score 2 goals or more in a match that they do not win. Last season Tilney won 12 consecutive matches before being beaten 3 – 1 by Brigden and 4 – 2 by Wingfield in their last two matches. This is last season’s final league table. Played Won Drawn Lost Goals scored Points Tilney 14 12 0 2 43 36 Holford 14 7 3 4 31 24 Rushworth 14 7 1 6 25 22 Wingfield 14 6 2 6 20 20 Dashwood 14 6 1 7 23 19 Brigden 14 5 2 7 21 17 Fairfax 14 4 2 8 17 14 Serle 14 2 3 9 15 9 (a) How much prize money did Tilney receive in total last season? [2] … … … … … … … … …

9 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over (b) What is the maximum total amount of prize money that Wingfield might have received last season? [3] … … … … … … … … … … … …

10 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 8 A hall in a community centre has four walls, each 10 m wide and 6 m high. Adrian intends to paint the walls using tins of red paint and white paint. He will make shades of pink paint by mixing red and white paint in different amounts. The first wall will have 11 vertical stripes of equal width. The first stripe will be red; the second stripe will be pink made by mixing red and white paint in the ratio 9 : 1; the third stripe will be pink made by mixing red and white paint in the ratio 8 : 2; and so on until the final stripe, which will be white. 1 litre of paint covers 12 m2 of wall. Adrian will buy all the paint that he needs in 1-litre tins. (a) How many tins of red paint would Adrian need to buy to paint this wall? [2] … … … … … … The second wall will have 4 vertical stripes of equal width: one red stripe; one dark pink stripe, made by mixing red and white paint in the ratio 4 : 1; one light pink stripe, made by mixing red and white paint in equal amounts; and one white stripe. (b) How many tins of red paint and white paint would Adrian need to buy to paint this wall? [3] … … … … … … … … … … … …

11 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over The remaining two walls of the hall will be painted white. Adrian will buy all the tins of paint he needs to paint all four walls of the hall in one purchase. (c) How many tins of red paint and how many tins of white paint will Adrian buy? [2] … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

12 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 9 Graham is going to a fair today. When he arrives he will need to buy tokens to use for the different activities that are on offer. Gold tokens cost $6 and are worth 6 credits. Silver tokens cost $3 and are worth 3 credits. Bronze tokens cost $1 and are worth 1 credit. The activities require different numbers of credits. It is possible to use tokens with a higher value than needed for an activity, but no change will be given. Graham plans to do 6 activities in total. Three of the activities require 2 credits, two of the activities require 4 credits and one of the activities requires 8 credits. Graham wants to pay the least amount possible to allow him to do the activities. He also wants to buy the smallest number of tokens possible for this amount of money. (a) How many of each type of token should Graham buy? [1] … … … … … … When he arrives at the fair, Graham discovers that it is possible to buy packs of tokens for a reduced price. A $20 pack contains 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze token. A $10 pack contains 3 silver and 3 bronze tokens. (b) (i) Should Graham buy any $20 packs of the tokens? Justify your answer. [2] … … … … … … … … …

13 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over (ii) Should Graham buy any $10 packs of the tokens? Justify your answer. [2] … … … … … … … 10 All of the bowls in my kitchen cupboard are either yellow or white or cream. They are also all either large or medium or small. 4 of the bowls are medium and 1 is large. 2 of the bowls are yellow. The large bowl is not white and none of the yellow bowls is medium. There is 1 small, white bowl and there are 3 white, medium bowls. (a) If there are 2 cream bowls, how many bowls are there altogether? [2] … … … … … … … (b) If there are 5 cream bowls, how many small bowls are there altogether? [1] … … … … … … …

14 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 11 A printing company produces booklets. The charge is 5¢ per booklet, but if the order is for more than 1000 booklets the total price is calculated at 5¢ for the first 1000 and then 3¢ for the remaining booklets. The delivery time for an order is 3 days, but is increased by 1 day for every 500 booklets in the order. The delivery time can be reduced by up to 2 days for a cost of $5 per day. Graham made an order for 2000 booklets two days ago as the standard delivery time meant that he would get the booklets on the day that he needs them. This morning he found out that he will only need 1500 booklets. How much could Graham have saved if he had not ordered the 2000 booklets two days ago and instead ordered 1500 booklets today, but for the same delivery date? [3] … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

15 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over 12 The old analogue clock above the entrance to Victon Station only displays the correct time once every hour; at exactly 01:00, 02:00 etc. The clock’s minute hand moves at constant speed down from 12 to 6. This is 50% faster than the constant speed at which it climbs back up from 6 to 12. What time does the clock display when the correct time is 09:30? [2] … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

16 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 13 Winston is playing a simple game of Battleships, involving a single ‘battleship’ of 4 squares in a line placed on a 10 by 10 square ‘sea’. For example: The Opponent selects a position at random for the battleship, but does not show Winston where it is. Winston takes a shot, i.e. names a square and is told whether it is a hit or a miss. He continues to try squares until all four parts of the battleship have been hit and it is then considered to be sunk. The aim is to sink it with as few shots as possible. Winston always chooses a ‘good’ square, i.e. one that is not less likely than any other to be a hit, based on what he knows at the time. (a) (i) How many possible positions for placing the battleship are there? [1] … … (ii) How many ‘good’ squares are there at the start? [1] … … Winston is very lucky and gets a hit on his first shot. (b) (i) How many possible positions could the battleship be in? [1] … … … … (ii) How many ‘good’ squares are there now, and where are they in relation to the hit? [2] … … … …

17 9694/12/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 Winston misses on his second shot. (c) What is the chance that his third shot is a hit? [3] … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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This document consists of 8 printed pages. © UCLES 2021 [Turn over Cambridge International AS & A Level THINKING SKILLS 9694/12 Paper 1 Problem Solving May/June 2021 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 50 Published This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2021 series for most Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 2 of 8 Generic Marking Principles These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1: Marks must be awarded in line with: • the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question • the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question • the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2: Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3: Marks must be awarded positively: • marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate • marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do • marks are not deducted for errors • marks are not deducted for omissions • answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4: Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5: Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6: Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 3 of 8 NOTES FOR MARKERS Working Where a final answer is underlined in the mark scheme, full marks are awarded for a correct answer, regardless of whether there is any supporting working, unless an exception is noted in the mark scheme. For partial credit, the evidence needed to award the mark will usually be shown on its own line in the mark scheme, or else will be defined in italic text. For explanations and verbal justifications, apply the principle of ‘words to that effect’. No response If there is any attempt at a solution award 0 marks not NR. ‘-’ or ‘?’ constitute no attempt at a solution. Abbreviations The following abbreviations may be used in a mark scheme: AG answer given (on question paper) awrt answer which rounds to FT follow through (from earlier error) oe or equivalent SC special case soi seen or implied

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 4 of 8 Annotations Where the answer is underlined in the mark scheme, and a candidate’s correct final answer is both clear and clearly identified (encircled, underlined etc.), it is not necessary to annotate that item; nor is it necessary to annotate when there is No Response. Where there is a response that scores 0, either SEEN should be used, or some other annotation(s) to indicate why no marks can be awarded (Caret, TE, NGE, Cross). Partial credit should be indicated with a 1 (or, occasionally, a 2) at the point at which that mark has been earned. The highlighter should be used anywhere that this helps to identify the precise piece of the working to which another stamp pertains (or an inexplicit correct answer). Correct item Incorrect item Individual mark of partial credit Double mark of partial credit Essential element of answer/working missing Correct follow through Transcription error Judged to be not good enough to earn the relevant credit Benefit of doubt Working seen but no credit awarded; blank page checked Highlight Identifies the part of the working to which another stamp pertains

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 5 of 8 Question Answer Marks 1(a) Abraham, Luke and Peter [2] 1 mark for any one of these omitted or any one additional one 2 1(b) Luke 1 Question Answer Marks 2 The total cost of the ingredients at the other store is $1.75 + $5.50 + $2.25 = $9.50 Kelly sells at 90% of $9.50 = $8.55 [1] $8.55 – $1.70 – $2.00 = $4.85 OR The total cost of the ingredients at the other store is $1.75 + $5.50 + $2.25 = $9.50 Kelly therefore needs the total cost of ingredients at her shop to be $0.95 less. [1] She is selling pasta at $0.05 less than the other store and sauce at $0.25 less than the other store, so the beef mince needs to be $0.65 less. $4.85 2 Question Answer Marks 3 3774 1 mark for any code (other than 0000) that satisfies conditions 1 and 2: 1224, 2448, 2550, 4998 OR 1 mark for any code that satisfies conditions 1 and 3: 1938, 2856, 3468, 4386, 4692 2 Question Answer Marks 4(a)(i) Towards West Head It was the 10:15 departure from East Point (which arrived at West Head at 10:27). oe 1 4(a)(ii) The walk took (7.2 ÷ 4) × 60 = 108 minutes, so she arrived at East Point at 12:07. Award 1 mark for 108 (minutes) or 12:07. She was passed by the 10:15, 10:30, 10:45, 11:00, 11:15, 11:30 and 11:45 departures, so 7 times. 2 4(b) The next departure from East Point was at 15:45, arriving back at West Head 12 minutes later at 15:57. 1

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 6 of 8 Question Answer Marks 5(a) Oscar 1 5(b) Any amount between $147 and $153 (inclusive). Award 1 mark for an answer between $127 and $133 (inclusive). 2 Question Answer Marks 6(a) Susan was the most popular girl’s name in Kevin’s year. 1 6(b) Total 194 – 130 shown = 64 [1] Each used at most 9 times, so 64/9 rounded up to 8. Award 1 mark for (their 64)/9 2 Question Answer Marks 7(a) $15 400 1 mark for sight of $7200 (for 12 wins) or $200 (for 2 goals against Wingfield) 2 7(b) $1000 for 4th place AND $3600 for 6 wins [1] 4 goals v Tilney and at least 1 goal in each of the other 5 wins, so a maximum of 11 goals scored in drawn and lost matches. [1] Maximum possible prize money is ($1000 + $3600 + 5 × $200 =) $5600 3 Question Answer Marks 8(a) Equal amounts of red and white paint are needed [1] Area of red paint = 60/2 = 30 m2; Number of tins needed = 3 Award 1 mark for attempt to calculate amounts stripe by stripe, with at least three of the mixed stripes calculated correctly. 2 8(b) Each stripe is 6 × 2.5 = 15 m2 Second stripe needs 12 m2 red and 3 m2 white [1] Third stripe needs 7.5 m2 red and 7.5 m2 white: total red = 34.5 m2 AND total white = 25.5 m2 [1] so 3 tins of red and 3 tins of white. 3 8(c) Total areas of red and white, in m2, are 64.5 and 175.5 This needs 6 tins of red paint and 15 tins of white paint. Award 1 mark for 15 tins of white OR 175.5 (m2 white). 2

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 7 of 8 Question Answer Marks 9(a) 1 gold, 2 silver and 10 bronze 1 9(b)(i) Credits required for the six rides are 8 4 4 2 2 2 $20 pack (GGGSSB) covers 8(GS) 4(G) 4(G) 2(S) 2(B?) 2(??) oe leaving 3B required, so cost is $23 Cost without pack = $22, so No 2 marks for correct judgment with three Bs required (or $23) and $22 seen I mark for either how 3 gold and 2 silver are used or $23 or three Bs required 2 9(b)(ii) With one $10 pack (SSSBBB): Covers 8(SSBB) + 4(SB) leaving a further 10 credits for 4 2 2 2 costing $10, so total cost $20 Saving of ($22 − $20) = $2, so Yes 2 marks for correct judgment with ten more Bs (oe) required and $20 seen 1 mark for a correct distribution of the tokens or $20 or ten more Bs (oe) required OR With two $10 packs (SSSSSSBBBBBB): Covers all credits, for example 8(SSBB) 4(SB) 4(SB) 2(S) 2(S) 2(BB) or 8(SSS) 4(SB) 4(SB) 2(BB) 2(BB) 2(S), so total cost $20 Saving of ($22 − $20) = $2, so Yes 2 marks for correct judgment with a correct distribution of the tokens and $20 seen 1 mark for a correct distribution of the tokens OR 8(SSS) 4(SS) 4(SB) 2(BB) 2(BB) 2(B?) with 1 extra B, total cost $21, so Yes 2 marks for correct judgment with distribution of the tokens and $21 seen 1 mark for a correct distribution of the tokens or $21 2 Question Answer Marks 10(a) 8 Award 1 mark for 4 white bowls. 2 10(b) 6 1

9694/12 Cambridge International AS & A Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2021 © UCLES 2021 Page 8 of 8 Question Answer Marks 11 Cost of 2000 booklets is $80 AND cost of 1500 booklets is $65 [1] but they need to be delivered one day earlier [1] costing $5, so $70 Saving is $80 – ($65 + $5) = $10 OR The saving will be the cost of 500 booklets that no longer need to be ordered (at 3¢ each), which is 500 × 3¢ = $15. [1] However, he will need to pay for delivery one day earlier [1] (the order will take one day less than the original order, but it is placed two days later). The overall saving will be $15 – $5 = $10. 3 Question Answer Marks 12 The minute hand takes 50% longer to move from 6 up to 12 than it does to move from 12 down to 6, so it takes 24 minutes from 12 down to 6 OR 36 minutes from 6 up to 12. [1] In the 6 minutes from 24 minutes past to half past the hour (correct time) the minute hand of the clock will move up through 5 minutes, so at 09:30 (correct time) the clock will display 09:35. 2 Question Answer Marks 13(a)(i) 10 × (10−3) × 2 = 140 1 13(a)(ii) (10−(2 × 3))2 = 16 1 13(b)(i) 2 × 4 = 8 1 13(b)(ii) 4 [1] The ones immediately above and below and those to either side. [1] 2 13(c) There is one position where the ship points to the miss, and four at right angles. [1] The good positions are the adjacent squares to his first shot that are not opposite his second shot, [1] and each of these is included in 3 of the 5 positions. 3/5 oe 3