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iGCSE Mathematics (0580) - C5.1 Units of measure- Exam Style Questions Paper 3- New Syllabus

Question

(a) The surface area of a solid cube is $121.5$ cm$^2$.
Calculate the length of the side of the cube.

(b)
The area of the trapezium is $106.25$ cm$^2$.

(i) Calculate the height of the trapezium.

(ii) Convert $106.25$ cm$^2$ into m$^2$.

Most-appropriate topic codes (Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580):

• C5.4 Surface area and volume (a)
• C5.2 Area and perimeter (b(i))
• C5.1 Units of measure (b(ii))
▶️ Answer/Explanation

(a)
A cube has 6 identical square faces. Find the area of one face:
$121.5 \div 6 = 20.25$ cm$^2$
The side length is the square root of the face area: $\sqrt{20.25} = 4.5$ cm
✅ Answer: $4.5$ cm

(b)
(i) Use the formula for the area of a trapezium: Area = $\frac{1}{2}(a+b)h$
$106.25 = \frac{1}{2}(10 + 15) \times h$
$106.25 = 12.5 \times h \implies h = \frac{106.25}{12.5} = 8.5$ cm
✅ Answer: $8.5$ cm
(ii) To convert cm$^2$ to m$^2$, divide by $10,000$ (since $1 \text{ m} = 100 \text{ cm}$, $1 \text{ m}^2 = 10,000 \text{ cm}^2$):
$106.25 \div 10000 = 0.010625$ m$^2$
✅ Answer: $0.010625$ m$^2$

Question

Complete these statements.

65 000 centimetres = ……………… metres

3.25 litres = ……………… millilitres

Most-appropriate topic codes (Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580):

• C5.1 Units of measure
▶️ Answer/Explanation

To convert centimetres to metres, we divide by 100 because there are 100 cm in a metre.
$65000 \div 100 = 650$
To convert litres to millilitres, we multiply by 1000 because there are 1000 ml in a litre.
$3.25 \times 1000 = 3250$
✅ Answer: 650, 3250

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