Cambridge IGCSE · syllabus 0580
IGCSE Maths 0580, made visual
Every idea as a picture you can move. Then the same idea in every costume the exam wears. 88 free lessons follow the Cambridge syllabus topic by topic, for Core and Extended.
The exam papers
Calculators are allowed on some papers only. Core leads to grades C–G, Extended to A*–E.
core
- Paper 1 · Non-calculator (Core): 80 marks, 1 h 30 min, no calculator
- Paper 3 · Calculator (Core): 80 marks, 1 h 30 min
extended
- Paper 2 · Non-calculator (Extended): 100 marks, 2 h , no calculator
- Paper 4 · Calculator (Extended): 100 marks, 2 h
Syllabus topics
Number (19)
- 1.1 Types of number
- 1.2 Sets
- 1.3 Powers and roots
- 1.4 Fractions, decimals and percentages
- 1.5 Ordering
- 1.6 The four operations
- 1.6b Directed numbers
- 1.7 Indices I
- 1.8 Standard form
- 1.9 Estimation
- 1.10 Limits of accuracy
- 1.11 Ratio and proportion
- 1.12 Rates
- 1.13 Percentages
- 1.14 Using a calculator
- 1.15 Time
- 1.16 Money
- 1.17 Exponential growth and decay
- 1.18 SurdsExtended
Algebra and graphs (17)
- 2.1 Introduction to algebra
- 2.2 Algebraic manipulation
- 2.3 Algebraic fractionsExtended
- 2.4 Indices II
- 2.5 Equations
- 2.5b Simultaneous equations
- 2.5c Quadratic equationsExtended
- 2.6 Inequalities
- 2.6b Regions and inequalitiesExtended
- 2.7 Sequences
- 2.8 ProportionExtended
- 2.9 Graphs in practical situations
- 2.9b Speed–time graphsExtended
- 2.10 Graphs of functions
- 2.11 Sketching curves
- 2.12 DifferentiationExtended
- 2.13 FunctionsExtended
Coordinate geometry (7)
Geometry (9)
Mensuration (5)
Trigonometry (6)
Transformations and vectors (4)
- 7.1 Transformations
- 7.2 Vectors in two dimensionsExtended
- 7.3 Magnitude of a vectorExtended
- 7.4 Vector geometryExtended
Probability (5)
Maths guides
Questions students ask
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