IGCSE 0580 — Algebra past paper questions
Algebra is one of the largest topics on the Cambridge IGCSE 0580 syllabus, covering simplifying expressions, solving linear and quadratic equations, rearranging formulas, factorising, completing the square, simultaneous equations, and inequalities. Past paper questions in this section progress from short one-mark substitutions in Paper 1/2 to multi-step worded problems and proofs in Paper 4. Practising the same algebraic techniques across many different past papers is the fastest way to build the speed and pattern recognition examiners reward.
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All 265 Algebra questions
- Jun 2023 Paper 11 Q9 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 11 Q14 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 11 Q16 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 11 Q16 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 11 Q17 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 11 Q25 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 12 Q3 — Sequences (2 marks, Core)
- Mar 2023 Paper 12 Q13 — Inequalities (1 mark, Core)
- Mar 2023 Paper 12 Q14 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 12 Q18 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 12 Q19 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Mar 2023 Paper 12 Q23 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 13 Q11 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 13 Q15 — Basic algebra (1 mark, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 13 Q16 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 13 Q18 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 13 Q19 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 13 Q23 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 21 Q5 — Factorization (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 21 Q8 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 21 Q10 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 21 Q11 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 21 Q14 — Proportion (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 21 Q15 — Inequalities (5 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 21 Q17 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q3 — Inequalities (1 mark, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q4 — Sequences (3 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q5 — Factorization (2 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q9 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 22 Q10 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 22 Q12 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 22 Q14 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q15 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 22 Q15 — Inequalities (3 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q16 — Proportion (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 22 Q18 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 22 Q19 — Proportion (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 22 Q19 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q20 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 22 Q20 — Inequalities (1 mark, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 22 Q21 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 22 Q22 — Proportion (2 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 22 Q23 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 22 Q24 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 23 Q5 — Basic algebra (1 mark, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 23 Q13 — Inequalities (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 23 Q15 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 23 Q17 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 23 Q17 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 23 Q18 — Proportion (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 23 Q19 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 23 Q21 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 23 Q22 — Sequences (5 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 31 Q7 — Basic algebra (13 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 32 Q6 — Basic algebra (12 marks, Core)
- Mar 2023 Paper 32 Q9 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 32 Q9 — Sequences (7 marks, Core)
- Jun 2023 Paper 33 Q5 — Sequences (14 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 33 Q7 — Sequences (8 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 33 Q8 — Basic algebra (9 marks, Core)
- Nov 2023 Paper 41 Q6 — Sequences (11 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 41 Q7 — Factorization (18 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 41 Q8 — Inequalities (12 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2023 Paper 42 Q5 — Basic algebra (12 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 42 Q6 — Sequences (8 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 42 Q9 — Basic algebra (15 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2023 Paper 43 Q8 — Basic algebra (12 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2023 Paper 43 Q10 — Basic algebra (14 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 11 Q10 — Sequences (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 11 Q12 — Sequences (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 11 Q15 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 11 Q21 — Factorization (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 11 Q22 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 11 Q22 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 11 Q24 — Sequences (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 12 Q8 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Mar 2024 Paper 12 Q9 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 12 Q11 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 12 Q13 — Inequalities (1 mark, Core)
- Mar 2024 Paper 12 Q14 — Factorization (1 mark, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 12 Q14 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 12 Q15 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 12 Q18 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Mar 2024 Paper 12 Q20 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 12 Q20 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 12 Q22 — Simultaneous equations (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 13 Q3 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 13 Q6 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 13 Q7 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 13 Q10 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 13 Q13 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 13 Q14 — Basic algebra (1 mark, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 13 Q17 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 13 Q19 — Simultaneous equations (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q3 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 21 Q7 — Factorization (1 mark, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q8 — Sequences (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q11 — Inequalities (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q12 — Simultaneous equations (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 21 Q12 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 21 Q13 — Sequences (5 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q16 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 21 Q17 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q18 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q19 — Factorization (5 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 21 Q20 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 21 Q21 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 21 Q23 — Completing squares (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 22 Q1 — Sequences (2 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2024 Paper 22 Q3 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 22 Q7 — Inequalities (1 mark, Extended)
- Mar 2024 Paper 22 Q8 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 22 Q11 — Factorization (5 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 22 Q12 — Proportion (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 22 Q13 — Inequalities (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 22 Q19 — Proportion (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 22 Q20 — Sequences (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 22 Q21 — Simultaneous equations (5 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 22 Q21 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2024 Paper 22 Q22 — Proportion (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q3 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q3 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q6 — Factorization (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q7 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q11 — Simultaneous equations (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q11 — Simultaneous equations (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q12 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q13 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q13 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q16 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q17 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q19 — Proportion (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q20 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q22 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q23 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 23 Q25 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 23 Q25 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 31 Q10 — Basic algebra (9 marks, Core)
- Jun 2024 Paper 32 Q2 — Basic algebra (12 marks, Core)
- Nov 2024 Paper 41 Q7 — Inequalities (12 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 42 Q3 — Basic algebra (17 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2024 Paper 42 Q5 — Factorization (20 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 42 Q5 — Basic algebra (18 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 42 Q7 — Basic algebra (11 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 42 Q8 — Inequalities (11 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2024 Paper 43 Q2 — Sequences (12 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2024 Paper 43 Q6 — Basic algebra (9 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 11 Q7 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 11 Q7 — Sequences (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 11 Q9 — Sequences (5 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 11 Q12 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 11 Q12 — Factorization (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 11 Q16 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Core)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 11 Q19 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 11 Q20 — Inequalities (3 marks, Core)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 11 Q23 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 11 Q25 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 11 Q26 — Simultaneous equations (4 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 11 Q29 — Simultaneous equations (5 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 12 Q19 — Inequalities (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 12 Q21 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 12 Q23 — Factorization (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 12 Q24 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 12 Q25 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Core)
- Mar 2025 Paper 12 Q26 — Simultaneous equations (4 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 12 Q27 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 13 Q5 — Sequences (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 13 Q12 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 13 Q13 — Inequalities (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 13 Q15 — Inequalities (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 13 Q17 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 13 Q21 — Sequences (6 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 13 Q22 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 13 Q25 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 21 Q1 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 21 Q7 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 21 Q8 — Simultaneous equations (5 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 21 Q9 — Sequences (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 21 Q15 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 21 Q16 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 21 Q16 — Inequalities (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 21 Q18 — Basic algebra (10 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 21 Q19 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 21 Q21 — Basic algebra (9 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 21 Q22 — Basic algebra (6 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 21 Q23 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 21 Q25 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 21 Q26 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 22 Q6 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 22 Q7 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 22 Q7 — Sequences (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 22 Q7 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 22 Q8 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 22 Q15 — Factorization (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 22 Q18 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 22 Q19 — Inequalities (1 mark, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 22 Q20 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 22 Q23 — Basic algebra (6 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 23 Q10 — Simultaneous equations (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 23 Q15 — Basic algebra (6 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 23 Q15 — Factorization (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 23 Q16 — Sequences (5 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 23 Q18 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 23 Q18 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 23 Q19 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 23 Q24 — Basic algebra (6 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 23 Q27 — Simultaneous equations (6 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 23 Q28 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 31 Q9 — Inequalities (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 31 Q17 — Factorization (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 31 Q18 — Sequences (4 marks, Core)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 31 Q18 — Sequences (6 marks, Core)
- Mar 2025 Paper 32 Q5 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Mar 2025 Paper 32 Q8 — Sequences (5 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 32 Q13 — Sequences (5 marks, Core)
- Mar 2025 Paper 32 Q14 — Factorization (4 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 32 Q15 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 32 Q17 — Inequalities (1 mark, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 32 Q20 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 32 Q21 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 33 Q10 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 33 Q11 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 33 Q12 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 33 Q19 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Nov 2025 Paper 33 Q24 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Core)
- Jun 2025 Paper 41 Q1 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 41 Q1 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 41 Q3 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 41 Q5 — Sequences (6 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 41 Q6 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 41 Q6 — Basic algebra (1 mark, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 41 Q7 — Inequalities (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 41 Q7 — Inequalities (4 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 41 Q10 — Factorization (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 41 Q13 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 41 Q20 — Sequences (3 marks, Extended)
- Specimen 2025 Paper 41 Q21 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 41 Q24 — Basic algebra (11 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 41 Q26 — Simultaneous equations (4 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 42 Q2 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 42 Q2 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 42 Q9 — Simultaneous equations (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 42 Q10 — Sequences (4 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 42 Q13 — Sequences (6 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 42 Q13 — Basic algebra (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 42 Q14 — Factorization (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 42 Q17 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 42 Q18 — Factorization (5 marks, Extended)
- Mar 2025 Paper 42 Q19 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 42 Q19 — Simultaneous equations (6 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 42 Q21 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 42 Q21 — Proportion (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 42 Q23 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 43 Q1 — Sequences (2 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 43 Q6 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q8 — Factorization (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q9 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q10 — Basic algebra (5 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 43 Q10 — Simultaneous equations (2 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q11 — Sequences (8 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q15 — Proportion (3 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q16 — Inequalities (5 marks, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 43 Q16 — Basic algebra (4 marks, Extended)
- Jun 2025 Paper 43 Q17 — Inequalities (1 mark, Extended)
- Nov 2025 Paper 43 Q17 — Basic algebra (3 marks, Extended)