0580.C1.4.05 — percentages.: past paper questions

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1. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q9b[2]
   (b) Work out $15\%$ of 80.See it on the paper →
2. 0980/11 · October/November 2024 · Q9[2]
   9 Edith invests $3000 in a savings account. The account pays simple interest at a rate of $2.6\%$ per year. Calculate the total interest earned during the 3 years.See it on the paper →
3. 0980/11 · October/November 2024 · Q14[1]
   14 Write 34 as a percentage of 80.See it on the paper →
4. 0980/21 · October/November 2024 · Q3[2]
   3 Use one of the symbols $<,>$ or $=$ to make each statement true. $\frac{2}{7}$ …………………… $0.2861$ $\frac{99}{900}$ …………………… $11\%$ $1^3$ …………………… $4^0$See it on the paper →
5. 0980/21 · October/November 2024 · Q8[2]
   8 Edith invests $3000 in a savings account. The account pays simple interest at a rate of $2.6\%$ per year. Calculate the total interest earned at the end of 3 years.See it on the paper →
6. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q3a(i)[1]
   3 Jack does a survey about cycling. (a) The bar chart shows the percentage of people in each age group who use a bicycle. [Diagram: A bar chart with vertical axis "Percentage of people" marked at 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, 100% and horizontal axis "Age in years" with categories 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-6...See it on the paper →
7. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q3a(ii)[2]
   3 Jack does a survey about cycling. (a) The bar chart shows the percentage of people in each age group who use a bicycle. [Diagram: Bar chart with y-axis "Percentage of people" from 0% to 100% in steps of 20%, and x-axis "Age in years" with categories 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. Bar heights: 0-9...See it on the paper →
8. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q3c(i)[2]
   3 Jack does a survey about cycling. (c) The table shows where 240 people cycle the most. | | Number of people | Pie chart sector angle | |---|---|---| | Roads | 84 | $126^{\circ }$ | | Cycle paths | 72 | | | Parks | 48 | | | Other | 36 | | (i) Complete the table.See it on the paper →
9. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q3c(ii)[2]

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10. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q3d[3]
    3 Jack does a survey about cycling. (d) A bicycle costs $720. Carlo pays one-fifth of the cost as a deposit. He pays the rest of the money in equal monthly payments of $16. Work out how many monthly payments Carlo makes.See it on the paper →
11. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q5c[3]
    (c) Jin invests some money from his taxi company. He invests $18 600 at a rate of 1.7% per year compound interest. Calculate the value of the investment at the end of 6 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.See it on the paper →
12. 0980/31 · October/November 2024 · Q6a(ii)[2]
    (a) This is a recipe to make ice cream for 6 people. 270 ml cream 270 ml milk 100 g sugar 4 egg yolks Tom makes ice cream for 10 people. (ii) The mass of all the ingredients Tom uses is 1100 g. After Tom heats the mixture, this mass reduces by 15%. Find the mass of the mixture after heating.See it on the paper →
13. 0980/12 · May/June 2024 · Q4[2]
    4 Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest. $\frac{6}{7}$ $8.6\times 10^{-1}$ $\frac{11}{13}$ $86.5\%$ $\cdots <\cdots <\cdots <\dots$ $smallest$See it on the paper →
14. 0980/42 · May/June 2024 · Q1d[2]
    (d) The number of bottles of fruit drink sold has grown exponentially at a constant rate of $2.5\%$ per year. 5 years ago, the shop sold $16620$ bottles. Calculate the number of bottles sold this year.See it on the paper →
15. 0980/11 · 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 →
16. 0980/21 · October/November 2023 · Q13[3]
    13 At the end of 2021 there were 27 000 rhinos living in the wild. The number of rhinos is expected to decrease exponentially by 3% each year. Work out the number of rhinos expected to be living in the wild 4 years later, at the end of 2025. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.See it on the paper →
17. 0980/31 · October/November 2023 · Q1f[1]
    (f) Work out $\frac{3}{7}$ of 126.See it on the paper →
18. 0980/31 · October/November 2023 · Q3a(iv)[2]
    (a) The bar chart shows the country in which each of 80 students live. [Diagram: A bar chart with vertical axis "Frequency" (0 to 24, grid lines every 2) and horizontal axis "Country" (Australia, Brazil, China, India, USA). Bars show: Australia=11, Brazil=9, China=18, India=23, USA=19.] (iv) Find the percentage of thes...See it on the paper →
19. 0980/41 · October/November 2023 · Q3a(ii)[2]
    (a) The table shows information about some of the planets in the solar system. | Planet | Diameter (km) | Average distance from the Sun (km) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Earth | 12 800 | $1.496\times 10^8$ | | Mars | 6 800 | $2.279\times 10^8$ | | Jupiter | 143 000 | $7.786\times 10^8$ | | Saturn | 120 500 | $1.434 \...See it on the paper →
20. 0980/41 · October/November 2023 · Q3a(iv)[2]
    (a) The table shows information about some of the planets in the solar system. | Planet | Diameter (km) | Average distance from the Sun (km) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Earth | 12 800 | $1.496\times 10^8$ | | Mars | 6 800 | $2.279\times 10^8$ | | Jupiter | 143 000 | $7.786\times 10^8$ | | Saturn | 120 500 | $1.434 \...See it on the paper →

What examiners said

This question was well done by the majority of candidates. A mark was sometimes lost by switching 8.6 10-1 and 86.5%. While many left the % sign off the final item this was not penalised provided all the rest was correct but candidates should be reminded that in these questions that they need to be careful to copy items fully.

— Examiner report, May/June 2024, 0980/12 Q4 (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, 0980/11 Q5 (Cambridge)

Candidates were as successful in finding the fraction of the amount, with very few wrong answers seen. Some candidates made arithmetic slips with the division part of the question, many from not using their calculator or using their calculator incorrectly.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0980/31 Q1(f) (Cambridge)