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Question 1 — IGCSE 0580 May/June 2023 Paper 41

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Extended tier, calculator. Topic: Statistics · Averages (discrete data). Worth 13 marks.

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1 (a) An orchard has 1250 trees. The trees are in the ratio apple : pear : cherry = 12 : 9 : 4. (i) Calculate the number of apple trees. ................................................. [2] (ii) Last year in the orchard, the mean mass of fruit produced was 64 kg per tree. Calculate the total mass of fruit produced last year. Give your answer in tonnes. [1 tonne = 1000 kg] ...................................... tonnes [2] (iii) Last year, the mean mass of pears produced was 54 kg per tree. This was a decrease of 10% on the mean mass of pears produced per tree from the year before. Calculate the mean mass of pears produced by each pear tree the year before. ............................................ kg [2] 1 (iv) The orchard loses of its total number of trees in a storm. 5 Calculate the number of trees that remain. ................................................. [2] © UCLES 2023 0580/41/M/J/23 3 (b) Paulo buys some pears from a market. Pears cost $0.54 each or 0.51 euros each. (i) Paulo pays in dollars for 12 pears. Calculate the change he receives from $10. $ ................................................ [2] (ii) The exchange rate is $1 = 0.826 euros. Calculate how much more Paulo pays for each pear when he pays in euros. Give your answer in dollars, correct to the nearest cent. $ ................................................ [3] © UCLES 2023 0580/41/M/J/23 [Turn over 4

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