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Learn Extracted exam questions IGCSE Mathematics 0580 Mathematics March 2025 Question Paper 12

0580 Mathematics March 2025 Question Paper 12

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1 1 mark short_answer p. 3 C1.1

Write the number twenty thousand in figures.

2 short_answer p. 3

Write 0.07

2a 1 mark calculation p. 3 C1.4

as a percentage

\hrulefill %

2b 1 mark short_answer p. 3 C1.4

as a fraction

2c 1 mark short_answer p. 3 C1.8

in standard form.

3 2 marks short_answer p. 3 C1.1

Write down all the factors of 18.

4 short_answer p. 3

Find the value of

4a 1 mark calculation p. 3 C1.3

$10^3$

4b 1 mark calculation p. 3 C1.3

$\sqrt{27}$

4c 1 mark calculation p. 3 C1.3

$7^0$.

5 short_answer p. 4
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5a 2 marks short_answer p. 4 C4.5

On the diagram, draw all the lines of symmetry.

5b 1 mark short_answer p. 4 C4.5

Shade one square so that the diagram has rotational symmetry of order 2.

6 2 marks calculation p. 4 C1.6

Find the value of the reciprocal of 0.25 .

7 2 marks calculation p. 5 C1.6

Work out $-6 \times -3 + 7 \times 2$.

8 2 marks short_answer p. 5 C1.5

Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

\begin{itemize} \item $34\%$ \item $\pi$ \item $\frac{1}{3}$ \item $3$ \item $\frac{3}{10}$ \end{itemize}

\underline{\hspace{1.5em}} $<$ \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} $<$ \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} $<$ \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} $<$ \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} \textit{smallest}

9 1 mark calculation p. 5 C1.15

A film starts at 19 35. The film lasts for 70 minutes.

Work out the time the film finishes.

10 short_answer p. 6

A shape is drawn on a $1\text{ cm}^2$ grid.

10a 1 mark calculation p. 6 C5.2

Find the area of the shape.

$\text{cm}^2$ \hrulefill

10b 1 mark short_answer p. 6 C1.4

On the grid, shade 50% of the shape.

11 short_answer p. 6
$$19.5 \times 20.4 = 397.8$$

Work out.

11a 1 mark calculation p. 6 C1.6

$1.95 \times 2.04$

\hrulefill

11b 1 mark calculation p. 6 C1.6

$3978 \div 204$

\hrulefill

12 short_answer p. 7

Kat has a method for finding the difference between two square numbers, $a^2 - b^2$. Her method is (the sum of $a$ and $b$) $\times$ (the difference between $a$ and $b$).

She shows her method for $17^2 - 13^2$.

\begin{tabular}{|l|} \hline $17^2 - 13^2$ \ \ $= (17 + 13) \times (17 - 13)$ \ \ $= 30 \times 4$ \ \ $= 120$ \ \hline \end{tabular}

12a 2 marks calculation p. 7 C1.3

Work out $29^2 - 21^2$ using Kat's method.

12b 2 marks calculation p. 7 C5.4

In this part, all lengths are in centimetres.

The diagram shows a prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.

\hrulefill $\text{cm}^3$

13 1 mark calculation p. 8 C5.1

Convert 8 litres into $\text{cm}^3$.

\hrulefill $\text{cm}^3$

14 short_answer p. 8

The diagram shows a triangular prism. $ABC$ is an isosceles triangle with $AC = BC$. The perpendicular height of triangle $ABC$ is 4 cm. $AB = 6 \text{ cm}$ and $BD = 6 \text{ cm}$.

14a 2 marks short_answer p. 8 C4.1

Complete this statement.

The prism has \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} faces and \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} edges.

14b 2 marks calculation p. 8 C6.1

Show that the length of $BC$ is 5 cm.

14c 3 marks short_answer p. 9 C4.1

Complete the net of the prism on the $1\text{ cm}^2$ grid. The base has been drawn for you.

15 short_answer p. 10

The diagram shows a triangle $BCD$ and a straight line $ABC$. $DB=DC=BC$.

15a 1 mark short_answer p. 10 C4.1

Write down the mathematical name for triangle $BCD$.

15b 4 marks calculation p. 10 C4.6

Work out the value of $y$. Give two geometrical reasons for your answer.

$y = \hrulefill$ because

  1. \hrulefill
  2. \hrulefill
16 short_answer p. 11

Jill records the temperature and the number of people on a beach for each of ten days. The results are shown in the scatter diagram.

Number of people Temperature

16a 1 mark short_answer p. 11 C9.4

What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

16b 1 mark short_answer p. 11 C9.4

Describe the relationship between the temperature and the number of people on the beach.

17 short_answer p. 12

Line $L$ is shown on the grid.

17a 2 marks calculation p. 12 C3.2

Find the equation of line $L$ in the form $y = mx + c$.

$y = \hrulefill$

17b 2 marks calculation p. 12 C3.2

Line $L$ crosses the $x$-axis at $P$.

Find the coordinates of $P$.

$(\hrulefill , \hrulefill)$

18 short_answer p. 13

Complete the table of values for $y = \frac{12}{x}$.

18a 3 marks calculation p. 13 C2.10

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline $x$ & $-6$ & $-4$ & $-3$ & $-2$ & $-1$ & & $1$ & $2$ & $3$ & $4$ & $6$ \ \hline $y$ & & $-3$ & & $-6$ & & & & $6$ & & $3$ & \ \hline \end{tabular}

18b 4 marks short_answer p. 13 C2.10

On the grid, draw the graph of $y = \frac{12}{x}$ for $-6 \leq x \leq -1$ and $1 \leq x \leq 6$.

18c 1 mark short_answer p. 13 C2.10

On the grid, draw the line $y = -9$.

18d 1 mark calculation p. 13 C2.10

Use your graph to solve $\frac{12}{x} = -9$.

$x = \hrulefill$

19 short_answer p. 14

$n$ is an odd number.

19a 2 marks short_answer p. 14 C2.5

Write down the values of $n$ that satisfy $7 < n \leq 15$.

19b 1 mark short_answer p. 14 C2.5

Pip thinks $-1 < x < 8$ is the inequality represented on the number line.

Complete the statement.

Pip’s inequality is not correct because \hrulefill

20 2 marks calculation p. 14 C1.10

The height, $h$ metres, of a building is $635\text{ m}$, correct to the nearest metre.

Complete this statement about the value of $h$.

\underline{\hspace{1.5em}} $\leq h <$ \underline{\hspace{1.5em}}

21 short_answer p. 15
$$X = \frac{1}{3}w^2p$$
21a 2 marks calculation p. 15 C2.2

Find the value of $X$ when $w = 5$ and $p = 6$.

$X = \hrulefill$

21b 2 marks calculation p. 15 C2.5

Make $p$ the subject of the formula.

$p = \hrulefill$

22 3 marks calculation p. 15 C1.4

Work out $1 \frac{7}{15} - \frac{4}{5}$.

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

23 short_answer p. 16

Mai buys two batteries. The probability that a battery is faulty is $\frac{1}{10}$.

23a 2 marks short_answer p. 16 C8.3

Complete the tree diagram.

\begin{tabular}{ccc} First battery & & Second battery \ & & \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} Faulty \ & Faulty & \ $\frac{1}{10}$ & & \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} Not faulty \ & & \ \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} & & \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} Faulty \ & Not faulty & \ & & \underline{\hspace{1.5em}} Not faulty \ \end{tabular}

23b 2 marks calculation p. 16 C8.3

Find the probability that Mai buys two faulty batteries.

23c 1 mark calculation p. 16 C8.2

A shop sells 3000 batteries in one month.

Work out the expected number of faulty batteries the shop sells.

24 3 marks calculation p. 17 C5.3

A circle has radius $7\text{ cm}$. A square has side $x\text{ cm}$. The circumference of the circle is the same length as the perimeter of the square.

Find the value of $x$. Give your answer in terms of $\pi$.

$x = \hrulefill$

25 1 mark calculation p. 17 C4.4

NOT TO SCALE

Triangle $ABC$ is mathematically similar to triangle $PQR$.

Show that $QR = 14\text{ cm}$.

26 4 marks calculation p. 18 C2.5

Solve the simultaneous equations.

$$4t - 3w = 11$$
$$6t + 2w = -3$$

$t = \hrulefill$ $w = \hrulefill$

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