Unit 5 Examination questions

1 A holiday in Europe was advertised at a cost of €245.

The exchange rate was $1 = €1.06.
Calculate the cost of the holiday in dollars, giving your
answer correct to the nearest cent.

Answer $ ............................................................. [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q5, June 2008

2 In January Sunanda changed £25 000 into dollars when the exchange
rate was $1.96 = £1.
In June she changed the dollars back into pounds when the exchange
rate was $1.75 = £1.
Calculate the profit she made, giving your answer in pounds (£).

Answer £ ............................................................. [3]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q11, June 2009

3 Michel changed $600 into pounds (£) when the exchange rate was £1 = $2.40.
He later changed all the pounds back into dollars when
the exchange rate was £1 = $2.60.
How many dollars did he receive?

Answer $ ............................................................. [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q2, June 2010

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 4 f: x ↦ 5 – 3x
(a) Find f (–1).

Answer (a) .......................................................... [1]

(b) Find f –1(x).

Answer (b) .......................................................... [2]

(c) Find f f –1(8).

Answer (c) .......................................................... [1]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 2 Q15, November 2006

x+3
5 f( x) = , x ≠ 0.
x

⎛1⎞
(a) Calculate f ⎜ ⎟ .
⎝4⎠

Answer (a) .......................................................... [1]

1
(b) Solve f (x) = .
4

Answer (b) x =..................................................... [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 2 Q11, June 2006

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 6 f (x) = (x – 1)3  g (x) = (x – 1)2  h (x) = 3x + 1
(a) Work out fg (–1).

Answer (a) .......................................................... [2]

(b) Find gh (x) in its simplest form.

Answer (b) .......................................................... [2]

(c) Find f  –1(x).

Answer (c) .......................................................... [1]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q20, June 2010

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 7 f (x) = x3 – x2 + 6x – 4 and g (x) = 2x – 1.
Find
(a) f (–1),

Answer (a) .......................................................... [1]

(b) gf (x),

Answer (b) .......................................................... [2]

(c) g–1(x).

Answer (c) .......................................................... [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q18, June 2008

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 2x + 1
8 f (x) = 4x + 1  g (x) = x3 + 1  h( x ) =
3
(a) Find the value of gf (0).

Answer (a) .......................................................... [2]

(b) Find fg (x). Simplify your answer.

Answer (b) .......................................................... [2]

(c) Find h–1(x).

Answer (c) .......................................................... [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q22, November 2009

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 9 Factorise
(a) 4x2 – 9,

Answer (a) .......................................................... [1]

(b) 4x2 – 9x,

Answer (b) .......................................................... [1]

(c) 4x – 9x + 2.
2

Answer (c) .......................................................... [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 2 Q19, June 2006

10 A cylindrical glass has a radius of 3 centimetres and a height of 7 centimetres.

A large cylindrical jar full of water is a similar shape to the glass.
The glass can be filled with water from the jar exactly 216 times.
Work out the radius and height of the jar.

Answer radius .................................................. cm

Height.................................................. cm [3]
Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q10, June 2008

11 A statue two metres high has a volume of five cubic metres.

A similar model of the statue has a height of four centimeters.
(a) Calculate the volume of the model statue in cubic centimeters.

Answer (a) ..................................................... cm3 [2]

(b) Write your answer to part (a) in cubic metres.

Answer (b) .................................................... m3 [1]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 2 Q13, November 2006

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12 A company makes two models of television.
Model A has a rectangular screen that measures 44 cm by 32 cm.
Model B has a larger screen with these measurements increased in the ration 5 : 4.
(a) Work out the measurements of the larger screen.

Answer (a) ..........................cm by................ cm [2]

(b) Find the fraction

model A screen area in its simplest form.
model B screen area

Answer (b) .......................................................... [1]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 2 Q14, June 2006

13 Two similar vases have heights which are in the ratio 3 : 2.
(a) The volume of the larger vase is 1080 cm3.
Calculate the volume of the smaller vase.

Answer (a) ................................................... cm3 [2]

(b) The surface area of the smaller vase is 252 cm . 2

Calculate the surface area of the larger vase.

Answer (b) ....................................................cm2 [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 21 Q18, June 2009

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14 (a) p cm
C D

4 cm
q cm

4 cm NOT TO
B E
SCALE

5 cm
8 cm

In the diagram triangles ABE and ACD are similar.

BE is parallel to CD.
AB = 5 cm, BC = 4 cm, BE = 4 cm, AE = 8 cm, CD = p cm and DE = q cm.
Work out the values of p and q.

Answer (a) p = .........................................................

q = ......................................................... [4]
A spherical balloon of radius 3 metres has a volume of 36π cubic metres.
(b) 
It is further inflated until its radius is 12 m.
Calculate its new volume, leaving your answer in terms of π.

Answer (b) ......................................................m3 [2]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 2 Q22, June 2006

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 4
15 [The surface area of a sphere of radius r is 4πr2 and the volume is πr3. ]
3
(a) A solid metal sphere has a radius of 3.5 cm.

One cubic centimetre of the metal has a mass of 5.6 grams.

Calculate
(i) the surface area of the shere, 

Answer (a) (i) ............................................. cm2 [2]

(ii) the volume of the shere, 

Answer (a) (ii) ............................................ cm3 [2]

the mass of the sphere. 
(iii)

Answer (a) (iii) ........................................... grams [2]

(b)        

NOT TO
SCALE

h
8 cm

16 cm 16 cm

    Diagram 1 Diagram 2

Diagram 1 shows a cylinder with a diameter of 16 cm.

It contains water to a depth of 8 cm.
Two spheres identical to the sphere in part (a) are placed in the water.
This is shown in Diagram 2.
Calculate h, the new depth of water in the cylinder. 

Answer (b) h = .............................................. cm [4]

(c) A difference metal sphere has a mass of 1 kilogram.

One cubic centimeter of this metal has a mass of 4.8 grams.

Calculate the radius of this sphere.

Answer (c) radius = ..................................... cm [3]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 4 Q4, November 2007

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16 A

NOT TO
SCALE

60° O

24 cm

(a) The sector of a circle, centre O, radius 24 cm, has angle AOB = 60°.
Calculate
(i) the length of the arc AB,

Answer (a) (i) .............................................. cm [2]

(ii) the area of the sector OAB.

Answer (a) (ii) ............................................. cm2 [2]

(b) The points A and B of the sector are joined together to make a hollow
cone as shown in diagram. The arc AB of the sector becomes the circumference
of the base of the cone.

O
NOT TO
SCALE

24 cm

A
B

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 Calculate
(i) the radius of the base of the cone,

Answer (b) (i) ............................................... cm [2]

(ii) the height of the cone,

Answer (b) (ii) .............................................. cm [2]

the volume of the cone.
(iii)
1
[The volume, V, of a cone of radius r and height h is V = π r 2h. ]
3

Answer (b) (iii) ............................................ cm3 [2]

(c) A different cone, with radius x and height y, has a volume W.
Find, in terms of W, the volume of
(i) a similar cone, with both radius and height 3 times larger,

Answer (c) (i) ....................................................... [1]

(ii) a cone of radius 2x and height y.

Answer (c) (ii) ...................................................... [1]

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17 Fifty students are timed when running one kilometre.
The results are shown in the table.
Time
4.0 < t ≤ 4.5 4.5 < t ≤ 5.0 5.0 < t ≤ 5.5 5.5 < t ≤ 6.0 6.0 < t ≤ 6.5 6.5 < t ≤ 7.0
(t minutes)
Frequency 2 7 8 18 10 5

(a) Write down the modal time interval.

Answer (a) ................................................... min [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

Answer (b) ................................................... min [4]

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Paper 4 Q8 a b, November 2009

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18 Kristina asked 200 people how much they drink in one day.
The table shows her results.

Amount of water (x litres) Number of people

0 < x ≤ 0.5 8
0.5 < x ≤ 1 27
1 < x ≤ 1.5 45
1.5 < x ≤ 2 50
2 < x ≤ 2.5 39
2.5 < x ≤ 3 21
3 < x ≤ 3.5 7
3.5 < x ≤ 4 3

(a) Write down the modal interval.

Answer (a) ............................................................. [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

Answer (b) ................................................. litres [4]

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