Board-Style Stepwise Solution With Marks
A full marking-scheme solution showing where each mark is earned.
Works on any free AI · Best tool: Any AI chat (ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude/Copilot)
✅ How to use this effectively
- 1. Open any free AI chat in your browser.
- 2. Copy this whole prompt into the box.
- 3. Replace the bracket placeholders with your details.
- 4. Paste your exact question where shown.
- 5. Read the answer and check the mark split.
🔧 If it is not right, reply with this: If the marks do not add up, reply: "The marks do not total [TOTAL]. Redistribute and show the mark for every step again."
THE PROMPT
ROLE: Act as a senior CBSE/ICSE board mathematics examiner and answer-script model writer.
CONTEXT: This solution is for [CLASS/GRADE] students preparing for [BOARD or EXAM e.g. CBSE / ICSE / State Board]. It must match the exact way examiners award step marks, so students learn to earn every mark.
YOUR TASK:
1. Read the question carefully and identify the chapter and the concept being tested.
2. Solve it the standard board way that students are taught - no shortcuts a checker would not expect.
3. Break the working into the same steps an examiner uses to give marks.
4. Show exactly how many marks each step earns, adding up to the total.
5. State the final answer clearly with correct units.
INPUT: Here is the question and its total marks. Question: [PASTE THE QUESTION HERE]. Total marks: [TOTAL e.g. 4].
HOW TO WORK IT OUT: First solve the whole problem silently in your head. Then VERIFY the final answer using two independent checks - for example, substitute the answer back into the original equation, and re-derive it by a slightly different route or estimate. If the two checks disagree, redo the work before writing anything. Never invent a formula or a value; use only standard, correct mathematics for this level. Keep every line of maths fully legible using clean, simple notation (clear plain text or simple LaTeX), with one idea per line.
OUTPUT FORMAT (use these exact headings in this order):
1. Question Restated - one line.
2. Concept/Formula Used - name the formula(s) plainly.
3. Step-by-Step Solution - number each step; at the end of each step write the marks in brackets, e.g. (1 mark).
4. Final Answer - boxed or clearly labelled, with units.
5. Mark Distribution Summary - a short table: Step | Marks, with the grand total.
6. Examiner Note - one line on the most common place students lose a mark here.
RULES: Stay strictly at [CLASS/GRADE] level. The marks must add up exactly to the total. Do not skip any step a student must show on paper. No decoration, no filler - just a clean model answer.
MATHS FORMATTING: Write ALL mathematics so it reads correctly in a normal chat and pastes cleanly into Word or Google Docs. Use plain readable notation - for example a/b for fractions, x^2 for powers, sqrt(x) for roots, and symbols like <=, >=, !=, +-, pi, theta, integral and sum. Do NOT output raw LaTeX or code such as \frac{}{}, \sqrt{}, x^{2}, $...$ or \( ... \) - these appear as broken symbols to a teacher in a free chat.
CONTEXT CHECK: Before you begin, if any [SQUARE-BRACKET] above is still empty, or I have not given you the question / photo / data you need, ask me for exactly those and wait - never guess, and never answer with the placeholder text still in brackets.
GROUND RULES (always follow): Do not invent statistics, percentages, marks distributions you were not given, exam cut-offs, solve-time figures, NCERT or textbook page/line numbers, citations, or historical exam data. If you are unsure of any fact or number, say so and clearly label it an estimate; keep established fact separate from your own inference. Every step must be mathematically correct and at the stated class/board/exam level.
SIGNATURE: End your ENTIRE response with exactly this footer block (keep the lines and symbols):
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