0580.C1.13.03 — profit and loss (as an amount or a percentage).: past paper questions

Real questions on 0580.c1.13.03 — profit and loss (as an amount or a percentage).

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1. 0580/42 · May/June 2026 · Q7a[2]
   Tom invests $2500 at a rate of 4.4\% per year compound interest. Calculate the value of the investment at the end of 6 years.See it on the paper →
2. 0580/42 · May/June 2026 · Q7b[3]
   (b) Behnaz invests $4500atarateof$r\%$ per year compound interest. At the end of 5 years, the value of the investment is $5420. Calculate the value of $r$.See it on the paper →
3. 0580/32 · February/March 2026 · Q22[3]
   22 Kim invests $14700atarateof$4.8\%$ per year compound interest. Calculate the value of her investment at the end of 5 years. Give your answer to the nearest dollar.See it on the paper →
4. 0580/32 · February/March 2026 · Q24[2]
   24 A man buys a painting for $1200. He sells the painting for $1360. Calculate the percentage profit the man makes on the painting. .................................................... %See it on the paper →
5. 0580/13 · October/November 2025 · Q11a[3]
   11 (a) Sam buys 3 apples at 40 cents each. He also buys 5 peaches. The total cost is $3.45. Find the cost of 1 peach.See it on the paper →
6. 0580/13 · October/November 2025 · Q11b[2]
   (b) Pears cost 55 cents each. Bananas cost 36 cents each. Write an expression, in cents, for the cost of $x$ pears and $y$ bananas.See it on the paper →
7. 0580/13 · October/November 2025 · Q14[3]
   14 Victoria invests $2000atarateof$5\%$ per year simple interest. Calculate the value of her investment after 4 years.See it on the paper →
8. 0580/42 · October/November 2025 · Q14a[2]
   Carlos invests $24000atarateof$3.2\%$ per year compound interest. Calculate the value of his investment at the end of 4 years.See it on the paper →
9. 0580/42 · October/November 2025 · Q14b[3]
   (b) Carlos buys a painting for $x. He sells the painting for $40 870. He makes a profit of 34%. Calculate the value of his profit.See it on the paper →
10. 0580/42 · October/November 2025 · Q14c[3]
    (c) Carlos also buys a car with a value of $32 500. The value of the car decreases exponentially by $23\%$ each year. Find a formula for the value, $V$, of the car at the end of $n$ years.See it on the paper →
11. 0580/31 · May/June 2025 · Q22c[3]
    (c) Vanisha invests $4000 for 5 years at a rate of 3.5% per year compound interest. Calculate the total interest earned during the 5 years.See it on the paper →
12. 0580/43 · May/June 2025 · Q14[3]
    14 Jess invests $1400 in an account. The account pays compound interest at a rate of $r\%$ per year. At the end of 4 years the value of her investment is $1523.15$ . Find the value of $r$.See it on the paper →
13. 0580/13 · May/June 2022 · Q13a[1]
    13 The scatter diagram shows the number of visitors and the total amount spent, in thousands of dollars, at a zoo on each of eight days. [Diagram: Scatter diagram with x-axis "Number of visitors" from 150 to 600 and y-axis "Total amount spent ($1000)" from 0 to 45. Points plotted at approximately (200, 11), (250, 16),...See it on the paper →
14. 0580/11 · October/November 2019 · Q15[2]

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15. 0580/13 · May/June 2019 · Q19[3]

    3-mark “Calculate” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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16. 0580/22 · February/March 2019 · Q14[3]

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What examiners said

Comprehensive responses • Some candidates calculated the correct value of the investment and gave their answer to the nearest dollar. • Some did not round their answers while some rounded to the nearest $10 or the nearest $100. Limited responses • Few candidates gave a correct rounded value of the investment. • Many gave incorrect answers with no supporting working. • Some attempted a simple inte...

— Examiner report, February/March 2026, 0580/32 Q22 (Cambridge)

Comprehensive responses • Many candidates showed the correct calculation. • Some candidates gave inaccurate answers such as 13 or 13.34. • A few candidates did not subtract 100 from 113.3. Limited responses • Some candidates divided by 1360 rather than by 1200. • Some candidates found the profit as 160 and did not go on to find the percentage profit.

— Examiner report, February/March 2026, 0580/32 Q24 (Cambridge)

This part was poorly answered, with the majority unable to use the formula for compound interest. Common errors included using simple interest, writing the multiplier as 1.35 instead of 1.035, or premature rounding of the 1.0355 value, which led to an inaccurate answer. Another common error was that candidates did not understand that they needed to subtract the original value of $4000 to ‘calculat...

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0580/31 Q22(c) (Cambridge)