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MATHEMATICS 0580/12
Paper 1 (Core) October/November 2021

1 hour

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 56.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 12 pages.

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1 (a) Write the number four hundred thousand and four hundred in figures.

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(b) Write 60 287 correct to the nearest ten.

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2 Find the value of 345.96.

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Write down the mathematical name for this type of angle.

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4 (a) Write 9% as a decimal.

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(b) Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.

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5 Write down the reciprocal of 20.

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6 (a) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of a rectangle.

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(b)

Draw all the lines of symmetry on this equilateral triangle. [2]

7 In triangle ABC, AB = 7 cm and BC = 5.6 cm.

Using a ruler and compasses only, construct triangle ABC.

Leave in your construction arcs.
The line AC has been drawn for you.

A C
[2]
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8 The temperature at midnight is -8.5 °C.

The temperature at 11 am is -1 °C.

Work out the difference between the temperature at midnight and the temperature at 11 am.

............................................. °C [1]

9 Change 0.3 metres into centimetres.

............................................ cm [1]

10

Write down the mathematical name of this polygon.

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11
NOT TO
3 cm SCALE

2.5 cm
5 cm

The diagram shows a cuboid.

On the 1cm 2 grid, draw an accurate net of this cuboid.

One face has been drawn for you.

[3]

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12 The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the age, in years, of each of 15 women.

3 1 5 8 9
4 1 1 2 3 5 6 9
5 0 2 3 8

Key: 3 | 1 represents 31 years

Complete these statements.

The modal age is ...............................

The median age is ...............................

The percentage of women that are older than 51 years is ............................... %. [3]

13 The price of a coat is 84.60 euros.

Find the price of the coat in dollars when the exchange rate is 1 euro = $1.15 .

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

14 Work out.

3 -5
(a) e o + e o
-2 7

f p [1]

3
(b) 5 e o
-1

f p [1]

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15 Change 2.15 hours into minutes.

.......................................... min [1]

16 (a) Solve.
7x + 18 = 4

x = ................................................ [2]

(b) 7 y # 7 6 = 7 18

Find the value of y.

y = ................................................ [1]

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17 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

3 10 17 24

(a) Write down the next term.

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(b) Write down the term to term rule.

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(c) Find the nth term.

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(d) Find the 40th term.

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18
A
B 86°
x°

NOT TO
SCALE

58°
D

Triangle ABC and triangle ACD are isosceles.

Angle DAB = 86° and angle ADC = 58°.

Find the value of x.

x = ................................................ [3]

19 Angelique rents a room for a party.

The cost of renting the room is $15.50 for the first hour and then $7.25 for each additional hour.
She pays $95.25 in total.

Work out the total number of hours she rents the room for.

........................................ hours [3]

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20 Without using a calculator, work out ' + .
3 6 5
You must show all your working and give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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21 Work out the size of one interior angle of a regular 10-sided polygon.

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22 In a group of 650 people, 117 are left-handed.

Find the expected number of left-handed people in a group of 5000 people.

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23 (a) At an airport, 216 people are asked whether they speak English (E ) or French (F ).

125 speak English.

43 speak both English and French.
61 do not speak English or French.


E F

(i) Complete the Venn diagram. [2]

(ii) Find n(F ).

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(b)

A B

On this Venn diagram, shade the region A + B . [1]

Question 24 is printed on the next page.

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24 Yasmin has 4 white flowers, 3 red flowers and x yellow flowers.

She picks a flower at random.
1
The probability that it is white is .
5
Find the probability that it is yellow.

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