0580.C1.1.01 — Identify and use: natural numbers.: past paper questions

Real questions on 0580.c1.1.01 — identify and use: natural numbers.

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1. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q1a[1]
   (a) Write the number four hundred and sixty thousand and five in figures.See it on the paper →
2. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q1b[1]
   (b) Write 52 149 correct to the nearest hundred.See it on the paper →
3. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q7a[1]
   7 These are the first four terms of a sequence. 9 5 1 -3 (a) Find the next term.See it on the paper →
4. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q7b[1]
   7 These are the first four terms of a sequence. $9$ $5$ $1$ $-3$ (b) Explain how you worked out your answer.See it on the paper →
5. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q9a[1]

   1-mark question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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6. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q10a[1]
   10 The bar chart shows the number of books sold in a shop in each of five months. [Diagram: A bar chart with vertical axis "Number of books sold" from 0 to 12 and horizontal axis "Months" with labels Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug. Bars are present for Mar (height 3), Apr (height 9), May (height 7), Jun (height 11), and...See it on the paper →
7. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q10b[2]
   10 The bar chart shows the number of books sold in a shop in each of five months. [Diagram: A bar chart with the y-axis labelled "Number of books sold" ranging from 0 to 12 and the x-axis labelled "Months" with categories Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug. The bars show the following values: Mar = 3, Apr = 9, May = 7, Jun =...See it on the paper →
8. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q11a[1]
   11 The temperature at midnight is $-2^{\circ }\text{C}$. The temperature at noon is $5^{\circ }\text{C}$. (a) Find the difference between these temperatures.See it on the paper →
9. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q11b[1]
   11 The temperature at midnight is $-2^{\circ }\text{C}$. The temperature at noon is $5^{\circ }\text{C}$. (b) The temperature at 9 am is $8^{\circ }\text{C}$ higher than the temperature at midnight. Work out the temperature at 9 am.See it on the paper →
10. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q14b[1]
    14 These are the ages, in **months**, of each of 12 children. | 11 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | (b) Find the number of children over **2 years** old.See it on the paper →
11. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q17b[1]
    (b) Simplify ${\left(\sqrt{9}\right)}^2$.See it on the paper →
12. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q26[1]
    26 Write $1.753\times 10^8$ as an ordinary number.See it on the paper →
13. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q6a[1]
    6 Find the value of (a) $5^{-5}\times 5^5$See it on the paper →
14. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q6b[2]
    6 Find the value of (b) $125^{\frac{2}{3}}$.See it on the paper →
15. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q7a[2]
    7 Simplify. (a) $\frac{p}{t}÷\frac{2}{t}$See it on the paper →
16. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q7b[2]
    7 Simplify. (b) $\frac{3x}{4}-\frac{x-1}{2}$See it on the paper →
17. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q9[2]
    Nina walks at an average speed of 5 km/h, correct to the nearest km/h. She walks for exactly 2 hours. Work out the lower bound for the distance Nina walks.See it on the paper →
18. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q15a[1]
    15 (a) Write $66000$ in standard form.See it on the paper →
19. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q15b[2]
    (b) Work out $(3.7\times 10^8)+(3.7\times 10^7)$. Give your answer in standard form.See it on the paper →
20. 0980/41 · October/November 2025 · Q4[1]
    4 A train journey starts at 22 16. The journey takes 5 hours 52 minutes. Find the time the train journey finishes.See it on the paper →

What examiners said

Tim’s method was replicated correctly by many candidates, most often leading to the 2 marks. However, a significant number of incorrect subtractions of 85 from 8500 led to 8425 or 8515 as the final result. A few answered the question by long multiplication which, correct or not, did not follow the instruction. More often, the number 53, from the example, was subtracted.

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0980/12 Q12 (Cambridge)

There was a good response to this question with very few attempting to work out the calculation as it appeared rather than rounding the numbers. Unfortunately, many rounded 17.8 to 18 when the question asked for one significant figure, not to two or to the nearest whole number. There was a few rounding 5.5 to 5, rather than to 6.

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0980/12 Q17 (Cambridge)

The majority of candidates were familiar with writing a number in standard form and many of these went on to score the mark. The most common error was for candidates to replace the power of –3 with +3, and 708 105 was also seen a number of times.

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0980/22 Q11(a) (Cambridge)