0580.C1.13.02 — discount.: past paper questions

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1. 0580/04 · Specimen 2025 · Q14a(i)[5]

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2. 0580/04 · Specimen 2025 · Q14a(ii)[2]

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3. 0580/04 · Specimen 2025 · Q14a(iii)[3]

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4. 0580/04 · Specimen 2025 · Q14b[3]

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5. 0580/22 · October/November 2025 · Q4[2]
   4 A computer costs $560. In a sale, this cost is reduced by $20\%$. Find the cost of the computer in the sale.See it on the paper →
6. 0580/22 · October/November 2025 · Q8[2]
   8 Kemi buys $p$ pens that each cost 40 cents. She pays with $20. Write an expression, in terms of $p$, for the change, in **cents**, Kemi receives from the $20.See it on the paper →
7. 0580/22 · October/November 2025 · Q9[3]
   9 Rajid has a full bottle of juice. He drinks $\frac{1}{3}$ of the full bottle on Monday. He drinks $\frac{3}{7}$ of the full bottle on Tuesday. Find the fraction of the bottle of juice remaining.See it on the paper →
8. 0580/41 · October/November 2025 · Q11a[2]
   11 In a sale, the prices of coats are reduced by $15\%$. (a) The original price of a coat is $60$. Calculate the sale price of the coat.See it on the paper →
9. 0580/41 · October/November 2025 · Q11b[2]
   11 In a sale, the prices of coats are reduced by $15\%$. (b) The sale price of a different coat is \58.14$. Calculate the original price of this coat.See it on the paper →
10. 0580/21 · May/June 2025 · Q3[3]
    3 Sally invests $1500 at 3% per year simple interest. Work out the total value of her investment at the end of 6 years. $See it on the paper →
11. 0580/21 · May/June 2024 · Q9[2]
    The value of a car is $8000. Each year the value of the car decreases exponentally by 25%. Calculate the value of this car after 3 years.See it on the paper →
12. 0580/11 · October/November 2023 · Q5[1]
    5 A watch costs $12 400. In a sale there is a discount of 16%. Calculate the amount of the discount.See it on the paper →
13. 0580/11 · October/November 2023 · Q13a[1]
    13 For each of 10 people working in an office, the scatter diagram shows their salary and the value of their car. [Diagram: Scatter diagram with x-axis "Salary ($)"from0to80000andy-axis"Valueofcar($)" from 0 to 10000. Points plotted at approximately (10000, 2500), (20000, 4200), (30000, 4800), (35000, 4500),...See it on the paper →
14. 0580/42 · February/March 2022 · Q7c[2]

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15. 0580/32 · October/November 2021 · Q1a[3]

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16. 0580/42 · May/June 2021 · Q1a[2]

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17. 0580/21 · October/November 2020 · Q9a[1]

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18. 0580/22 · February/March 2020 · Q12[3]

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19. 0580/21 · October/November 2019 · Q9[2]

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What examiners said

In this question candidates were asked to work with simple interest and find the total value of an investment at the end of 6 years. There were many fully correct answers seen, and a reasonable proportion of candidates also scored 2 marks for finding the interest ($270) rather than the total value of the investment at the end of 6 years. The most common error was to attempt to use compound interes...

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0580/21 Q3 (Cambridge)

This question on exponential decrease was answered correctly by a significant proportion of candidates. Many were able to show clear working and obtain a correct answer. It was noted that the majority of candidates working with compound decrease did so by use of the multiplier approach, with only a minority attempting to do the longer stepwise process of working year by year. Common incorrect answ...

— Examiner report, May/June 2024, 0580/21 Q9 (Cambridge)

This was a well answered question by many. However, some candidates gave the new price ($10 416) rather than the discount.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0580/11 Q5 (Cambridge)