Chemistry 9701 · 3 Chemical bonding
3.7 Dot-and-cross diagrams
Draw dot-and-cross diagrams to represent ionic, covalent, coordinate, and expanded octet bonding.
- Questions
- 35
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 14
- Written answer
- 21
- Average marks
- 7.4
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Where this subtopic appears
- Paper 1variants 11, 12, 1314
- Paper 4variants 41, 42, 4313
- Paper 2variants 21, 22, 238
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| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2019 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2015 | – | 3 | – | 3 |
