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Cambridge IGCSE™
Ginger Mathematician Predicted Paper
*4935271234*
MATHEMATICS 0580/21
February / May 2024
Paper 2 (Extended) October/November2022
1 hour 30 minutes
You must answer on the question paper.
You will need: Geometrical instruments
INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You should use a calculator where appropriate.
● You may use tracing paper.
● You must show all necessary working clearly.
● Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
● For r, use either your calculator value or 3.142.
INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 70.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
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This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
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1 Write down the Lowest Common Multiple of 8 and 12.
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2 Write down a cube number between 20 and 30.
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3 Calculate 32−2 3
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4 Franzi changes €209.90 into dollars ($) where $1 = €0.93
Calculate the amount Franzi receives.
$ ..................... ………………………..[2]
5 Write 120 as a product of its prime factors
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6 Calculate, leaving your answer in standard form:
3
4 × 10
−2
8 ×10
................................................ [2]
3
at
7 s=
2
(a) Work out the value of s when a = 0 9. and t = 4.
s = ................................................ [1]
(b) Rearrange the formula to find t in terms of s and a.
t = ................................................ [2]
8 (a) 5, 15, 45, 135, …
Write down the next term in this sequence.
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(b) 39, 32, 25, 18, …
Find the nth term of this sequence.
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1 7
9 Without using a calculator, work out 4 + .
5 9
You must show all your working and give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
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4
2
10 Simplify (3 x3)
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11 The scale of a map is 1 : 125000.
On a map, the length of an island is 5.7cm.
Calculate the actual length of the island, giving your answer in kilometres.
........................................... km [2]
12 Derek invests $5000 in an account that pays compound interest at a rate of r% per year.
At the end of 5 years, the account has earned $2693.12 in interest.
Calculate the value of r.
r = ................................................ [3]
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y
D
NOT TO
SCALE
O x
The diagram shows the points C(–1, 4) and D(10, 8).
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Find the equation of the line perpendicular to CD that passes through the point (0, )
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Give your answer in the form y=mx+c
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14 Describe fully the single transformation that maps Triangle B onto Triangle A
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2 x −7 x +3
15 Simplify: 2
2 x −18
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16 Write 0.1 7̇ 2̇as a fraction.
You must show all your working and give your answer in its simplest form.
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17 Solve the equation x 2+ 4 x−11=0
You must show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
x = ........................ or x = ........................ [4]
18 Factorise completely:
3 2
(a) 6 x −21 x yz
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2
(b) −4−x +12 x+ 3 x
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y
0
360° x
–1
(a) On the diagram, sketch the graph of y=sin ( x ) for 0 ≤ x ≤360 ° [2]
(b) Hence, solve the equation 5 sin ( x )=4 for 0≤ x ≤ 360 °
x = .............................................................. [4]
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20 y is directly proportional to the cube root of x
When y = 6 , x=27
Find the value of x when y = 16
x = .............................................................. [3]
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10
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22 The diagram below shows a rectangular box with top ABCD and base EFGH. The distances are as
indicated on the diagram. From the diagram find:
(a) The distance BH
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(b) The angle FHB.
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23 Evaluate:
()
−2
2
(a)
3
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Solve:
x x−1
(b) 4 =8
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