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

Exam code: 0580 & 0980

1 hour28 questions
1
1 mark

Here is a list of numbers.

Which number has the largest value?

  • 0.3030

  • 13

  • 0.0330

  • 310

  • 33% 

2
4 marks

Mr Mason asks 240 Year 11 students what they want to do next year.

15% of the students want to go to college.

34 of the students want to stay at school.

The rest of the students do not know.

Work out the number of students who do not know.

3
2 marks

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?

4
2 marks

Prove algebraically that the recurring decimal 0.25 has the value 2390

5
2 marks

Show that the recurring decimal 0.17 = 845

1
4 marks

Mr Brown and his 2 children are going to London by train.

An adult ticket costs £24
A child ticket costs £12

Mr Brown has a Family Railcard.

Family Railcard gives

13 off adult tickets

60% off child tickets

Work out the total cost of the tickets when Mr Brown uses his Family Railcard.

2
2 marks

Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

0.246                     0.246                        0.246                    0.246

3
2 marks

Show that the recurring decimal 0.396 = 44111

4
2 marks

Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0. 417 = 139333

5a
3 marks

Show that 0.1˙9˙ can be written as 1999.

5b
2 marks

Explain how 1999 = 0.1˙9˙ can be used to find 19990 as a decimal and write down its value.

19990 = ...............

1
3 marks

Write the recurring decimal 0.17˙ as a fraction in its simplest form. You must show all your working.

2
2 marks

Write the recurring decimal 0.26˙ as a fraction.
You must show all your working.

3
2 marks

Write the recurring decimal 0.32˙ as a fraction.
You must show all your working.

4
2 marks

Write the recurring decimal 0.67˙ as a fraction.
Show all your working and give your answer in its simplest form.

5
2 marks

Change the recurring decimal 0.18˙ to a fraction.
You must show all your working.