Cambridge IGCSE™
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MATHEMATICS 0580/42
Paper 4 (Extended) February/March 2024
2 hours 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 130.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
DC (CE/SW) 327591/3
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1 A grocer sells potatoes, mushrooms and carrots.
(a) A customer buys 3 kg of mushrooms at $1.04 per kg and 4 kg of carrots at $1.28 per kg.
Calculate the total cost.
$ ................................................ [2]
(b) In one week, the ratio of the masses of vegetables sold by the grocer is
potatoes : mushrooms : carrots = 11 : 8 : 6.
(i) Work out the mass of mushrooms sold as a percentage of the total mass.
............................................. % [2]
(ii) The total mass of potatoes, mushrooms and carrots sold is 1500 kg.
Find the mass of carrots the grocer sells this week.
............................................ kg [2]
(iii) The profit the grocer makes selling 1 kg of carrots is $0.75 .
Find the total profit the grocer makes selling carrots this week.
$ ................................................ [1]
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(iv) On the last day of the week, the grocer reduces the price of 1 kg of potatoes by 8% to $1.15 .
Calculate the original price of 1 kg of potatoes.
$ ................................................ [2]
(c) The grocer buys 620 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 20 kg.
He packs them into bags each containing 5 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 1 kg.
Calculate the upper bound for the number of bags of onions that he packs.
................................................. [3]
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* 9 9 2 8 4 3 5 2 6 0 *
MATHEMATICS 0580/42
Paper 4 (Extended) February/March 2024
2 hours 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 130.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
DC (CE/SW) 327591/3
© UCLES 2024 [Turn over
, 2
1 A grocer sells potatoes, mushrooms and carrots.
(a) A customer buys 3 kg of mushrooms at $1.04 per kg and 4 kg of carrots at $1.28 per kg.
Calculate the total cost.
$ ................................................ [2]
(b) In one week, the ratio of the masses of vegetables sold by the grocer is
potatoes : mushrooms : carrots = 11 : 8 : 6.
(i) Work out the mass of mushrooms sold as a percentage of the total mass.
............................................. % [2]
(ii) The total mass of potatoes, mushrooms and carrots sold is 1500 kg.
Find the mass of carrots the grocer sells this week.
............................................ kg [2]
(iii) The profit the grocer makes selling 1 kg of carrots is $0.75 .
Find the total profit the grocer makes selling carrots this week.
$ ................................................ [1]
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(iv) On the last day of the week, the grocer reduces the price of 1 kg of potatoes by 8% to $1.15 .
Calculate the original price of 1 kg of potatoes.
$ ................................................ [2]
(c) The grocer buys 620 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 20 kg.
He packs them into bags each containing 5 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 1 kg.
Calculate the upper bound for the number of bags of onions that he packs.
................................................. [3]
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