SERIES 6 EXAMS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
CHEMISTRY
PAPER 3
MARKING SCHEME
1. Table I ( 5 marks )
Distributed as follows:
A. Complete table 1 mark
(i) Complete table with 3 titration 1 mark
(ii) Incomplete table with 2 titration done ½ mark
(ii) Incomplete table with 1 titration done 0 mark
Penalties
(i) Wrong arithmetic / subtraction.
(ii) Inverted table.
(iii) Burette readings beyond 50cm3 unless explained.
(iv) Unrealistic titre values ( below 1cm3 or above 100cm3 ).
NOTE: Penalise ½ mark each to a maximum of ½ mark
B. Use of decimals 1 mark
( Tied to 1st and 2nd rows of the table )
- Accept 1 or 2 decimal places used consistently otherwise penalize fully i.e. award 0 mark.
- If 2 decimal places MUST have ‘0’ or’5’ otherwise penalize fully.
- Accept inconsistency of the zeros as the initial burette readings e.g 0, 0.0, 0.00
C Accuracy 1 mark
Compare the candidates titre values with the school values and ticks ( ) the value if it earn a
mark.
Conditions
(i) If atleast one value is within 0.1 of school value 1 mark
(ii) If no value within 0.1 but one is within 0.2 of school value ½ mark
(iii) If no value is within 0.2 of school value award 0 mark
NB: If there was wrong arithmetic in the table, compare the school value with the correctly
worked out value and award accordingly.
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D. Principles of averaging 1 mark
(Values averaged MUST be within 0.2 from one another and MUST be shown )
Conditions:
- If 3 titrations are done and averaged 1 mark
- If 3 titrations are done but only 2 are consistent and averaged award 1 mark
- If 2 titrations are done and are averaged award 1 mark
- If 3 titrations are possible but only 2 are averaged award 0 mark
- If 1 titration is done award 0 mark
Penalties
(i) Penalise ½ mark for wrong arithmetic in the average titre if the error is outside 2 units in
the 2nd dip.
(ii) Penalise ½ mark if no working is shown and the answer given is correct.
(iii) Penalise FULLY if no working is shown and answer given is wrong.
(iv) Accept rounding off of answer to 2 d.p otherwise penalize wrong rounding off.
NOTE: - Accept answers to 1 d.p or whole numbers if it works out correctly and credit fully.
- a(i) must be marked before awarding for principles of averaging.
E. Final accuracy 1 mark
(Tied to averaged titre )
Compare the correct average titre value with the school value and if:
(i) Within 0.1 of school value award 1 mark
(ii) If not within 0.1 but within 0.2 of school value award ½ mark
(iii) If not within 0.2 of school value award 0 mark
NOTE:
(i) If there are two possible pairs of titre values that can be averaged, use the pair that is closed
to the school value.
(ii) If wrong values are averaged, pick the correct values ( If any ) following the principles of
averaging, average and award accordingly.
Calculations
(a) (ii) Moles of NaOH in the average volume of solution R used
= Average titre ½ x 0.3 = C.A.O ½
1000
(iii) Moles of HCl in 25cm3 of solution S
Mole ratio NaOH : HCl = 1 : 1 ½
Moles of HCl = ans a (ii) x 1/1
= C.A.O ½
(iv) the molarity of HCl solution S
Ans a(iii) ½ x 1000
25
= C.A.O ½
OR
Ans a (iii) x 40 ½
= C.A.O ½
2
Mava = mbvb
MaVa =1
MbVb 1
Ma = 0.3 x AV. Titre
25 = C.A.O
TABLE II 5 marks
(To be marked similar to table I)
Calculations
(b) (ii) Moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume of solution S used
= Ans a (iv) ans b (i) ½
1000
= C.A.O ½
(iii) Moles of metal carbonate, solid Q in 25cm3 of solution Q
Ratio acid : metal carbonate = 2 : 1 ½
Moles of metal carbonate = Ans b(ii) 1
2
= C.A.O ½
(iv) The solubility of metal carbonate, solid Q in water
Mass of solution = volume x density
= 25 x 1
= 25g
Mass of metal carbonate = mol x R.M.M
= Ans b (iii) x 74 ½
= C.A.O (A)
Mass of water ( solvent ) in 25cm3 of solution
25 - ans (A) above ½
= C.A.O (B)
Solubility of M2CO3 (Solid Q) = Ans A x 100 ½
Ans B
= C.A.O ½
Requirements
1) Pipette + pipette filler
Burette
Conical flasks ( 2 pieces ) 250ml
Filter paper
Filter funnel
Glass rod
Volumetric flask 250ml
200ml distilled water
Methyl orange water
Solid Q – Mixture 0.5g of Na2CO3 + 0.1g of CaCO3
Solution P – Prepared by dissolving 172cm3 of conc. HCl in distilled water and dilluting
to 1 litre solution.
Solution C – prepared by dissolving 12g of NaOH pellets in 1 litre solution
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2.
Observation Inferences
2 (a) Colourless gas ½ which turn blue ½ Acidic gas produced 1
litmus paper red ½ and red litmus remain
red
White residue ½
B( (i) White ppt 1 SO42- present 1
Insoluble in acid ½
(ii) White ppt 1 Al3+, Pb2+ present
Insoluble in excess ½
(iii) No yellow ppt 1 Al3+ present 1
3 (a) Burns with a sooty / smoky flame Organic compound with high C :
H ratio
Or or
C C C C
Present
(b) Dissolves to form a colourless solution F is polar
c) (i) Yellow colour of bromine water remains
C C C C
Absent
(ii) Orange K2Cr2O7 remains orange R OH absent
(iii) Effervescence / gas bubbles H+ / H3O+
Present
(iv) pH = 4 or 5 or 6 R – COOH present
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