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Question 8 — IGCSE 0580 May/June 2023 Paper 33

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Core tier, calculator. Topic: Numbers · Bounds. Worth 9 marks.

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8 (a) The length, l m, of a piece of wire is 18.7 metres, correct to the nearest 10 centimetres. Complete the statement about the value of l. ............................. G l 1 ............................. [2] (b) 850 metres of wire has a mass of 130.5 kilograms. Work out the length of wire, in metres, that has a mass of 900 grams. .............................................. m [3] (c) Aluminium is used to make the wire. The mass of 1cm3 of aluminium is 2.7 grams. Work out the mass, in grams, of 6000cm3 of aluminium. Give your answer in standard form. ............................................... g [2] (d) A 12 metre length of wire increases in length to 12.017 metres when its temperature rises. Calculate the percentage increase in the length of the wire. ..............................................% [2] Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. © UCLES 2023 0580/33/M/J/23

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