Working with FDP (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Maths: Extended): Exam Questions

Exam code: 0580 & 0980

1 hour28 questions
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2 marks

Sasha takes a music exam.

The table shows the result that Sasha can get for different percentages in her music exam.

Percentage

Result

50% - 69%

Pass

70% - 84%

Merit

85% - 100%

Distinction

Sasha gets 62 out of 80 in her music exam.

What result does Sasha get?
You must show your working.

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Karen got 32 out of 80 in a maths test.
She got 38% in an English test.

Karen wants to know if she got a higher percentage in maths or in English.

Did Karen get a higher percentage in maths or in English?

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2 marks

Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.38 = 718

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Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.26˙ = 415

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3 marks

i) Kristian has $72 and spends 45% of this on a computer game. 

Calculate the price of the computer game.  

 $ ...............................................  [1]

ii)Kristian also buys a meal for $8.40.

  

Calculate the fraction of the $72 Kristian has left after buying the computer game and the meal.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.

[2]

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Dev makes 600 cakes.

18% of the 600 cakes go to a hotel and 23 of the 600 cakes go to a supermarket.

Calculate how many cakes he has left.

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3 marks

Prove that the recurring decimal 0.36= 411

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4 marks

James is taking three examination papers in Spanish. Here are his first two results.

Paper 1:   4380         Paper 2:   3865

Paper 3 is out of 95.

The marks in each of the three papers are added together.

Find the lowest mark that James needs in Paper 3 to achieve 60% of the total marks.

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Write the recurring decimal 0.47˙ as a fraction.
Show all your working.

2
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1 mark

Write the recurring decimal 0.7˙ as a fraction. 

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1 mark

Write the recurring decimal 0.2˙3˙ as a fraction.

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1 mark

Write the recurring decimal 0.6˙3˙ as a fraction.

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1 mark

Write the recurring decimal 0.8˙ as a fraction.