Practice Questions for IGCSE 0580

1. List all the factors of 24.

2. Find the LCM of 24 and 36.
3. At noon one day the outside temperature is 5 °C. By midnight the temperature is
10 degrees lower. What temperature is it at midnight?
4. a Write 90 as a product of prime factors.
b Find the lowest common multiple of 90 and 105.
5. Expand and simplify 2x (x + 3) + x(x − 9)
6. Find the value of 2(x-5) - (2x-7) when: x=3
7. A regular polygon has an interior angle of 172°. Find the number of sides of this
polygon.
8. Write 0.0000874 in standard form.
9. Calculate 17.5% of 44 kg
10. Without using your calculator, work out

Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.

You must show all your working.
11. Maria pays $84 rent. Th e rent is increased by 5%. Calculate Maria’s new rent.
12. If W = {4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24} and T = {5, 8, 20, 24, 28}.
List the sets: a) W∪T b) W∩T
13. The first five terms of a sequence are shown below.
13 9 5 1 –3
Find the nth term of this sequence.
14. Write the recurring decimal 0.36363636…... as a fraction. Give your answer in its
simplest form.
15. Calculate the rate of simple interest if a principal of $250 amounts to $400 in
three years.
16. Calculate the selling price of a car bought for $3000 and sold at a profit of 10 %.
17. Exercise equipment advertised at $2200 is sold on sale for $1950. What
percentage discount is this?