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Types of number: Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580) practice questions
Types of number (C1.1, Core) is part of Number (Core). STEM Exam Builder holds 278 past-paper questions on it for Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), from papers set between 2010 and 2025, each with its mark scheme. 14 of them are in the sample set visitors can open in the builder.
What it covers
The questions are sorted into 24 skills; you can tick single skills in the builder:
- Find a common multiple of two integers
- HCF from prime factorisations
- LCM for repeated events
- LCM from prime powers
- Identify a prime factor
- Write a number as a product of primes
- Find a multiple just above a limit
- Identify a factor from a list
- Identify a multiple from a list
- Identify a prime number
- Identify even and square numbers
- Identify natural numbers
- List all factors of an integer
- Identify cube numbers
- Reciprocal of a number
- Give an irrational number in an interval
- Identify an irrational number
- Write a number in figures from words
- Value of a digit in a number
- Divisibility test
- List common factors of two numbers
- Write a number in words
- Find numbers from given properties
- Smallest multiplier to make a square number
Questions by paper
| Paper | Questions |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 (Core, non-calculator) | 147 |
| Paper 2 (Extended, non-calculator) | 69 |
| Paper 3 (Core, calculator) | 57 |
| Paper 4 (Extended, calculator) | 5 |
Questions by level
Each question carries a level, C, B or A: the grade it is pitched at.
| Level | Questions |
|---|---|
| Level C | 220 |
| Level B | 55 |
| Level A | 3 |
Questions by year the paper was set
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 24 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 36 |
Try sample questions
These questions are in the sample set anyone can open in the builder without an account. Each opens with its mark scheme on the flip side.
The link opens the builder on Types of number, Paper 1. Visitors can browse the sample set; building and downloading a paper needs a plan.