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Question 1 — IGCSE 0580 March 2024 Paper 42

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Extended tier, calculator. Topic: Numbers · The four rules. Worth 12 marks.

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1 A grocer sells potatoes, mushrooms and carrots. (a) A customer buys 3 kg of mushrooms at $1.04 per kg and 4 kg of carrots at $1.28 per kg. Calculate the total cost. $ ................................................ [2] (b) In one week, the ratio of the masses of vegetables sold by the grocer is potatoes : mushrooms : carrots = 11 : 8 : 6. (i) Work out the mass of mushrooms sold as a percentage of the total mass. ............................................. % [2] (ii) The total mass of potatoes, mushrooms and carrots sold is 1500 kg. Find the mass of carrots the grocer sells this week. ............................................ kg [2] (iii) The profit the grocer makes selling 1 kg of carrots is $0.75 . Find the total profit the grocer makes selling carrots this week. $ ................................................ [1] © UCLES 2024 0580/42/F/M/24 3 (iv) On the last day of the week, the grocer reduces the price of 1 kg of potatoes by 8% to $1.15 . Calculate the original price of 1 kg of potatoes. $ ................................................ [2] (c) The grocer buys 620 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 20 kg. He packs them into bags each containing 5 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 1 kg. Calculate the upper bound for the number of bags of onions that he packs. ................................................. [3] © UCLES 2024 0580/42/F/M/24 [Turn over 4

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