0580 · June 2024
Mathematics
There were a considerable number of questions proved to be generally well understood and, in most cases, there did not seem to be confusion about what was being asked. When two or more steps are needed in a calculation, it is best if each step is shown separately.
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Cohort performance
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Key examiner messages
Top priorities from the principal examiner before you revise
Need to have completed the full Core syllabus.
Are reminded of the need to read the questions carefully, focusing on instructions and key words.
Must not round figures in the middle of a calculation but only at the end.
Need to check that their answers are accurate, are in the correct form and make sense in the context.
Build up a vocabulary of mathematical names of shapes and terms.
Check that responses are sensible for what is asked in the question.
Read questions carefully and ensure answers are given appropriately for example in the simplest form.
Ensure full working is shown on ‘show that’ questions.
Question difficulty map
How candidates performed on each question in this series
0580/11
Paper 1 (Core)
0580/12
Paper 1 (Core)
0580/13
Paper 1 (Core)
0580/21
Paper 2 (Extended)
0580/22
Paper 22 (Extended)
Assessment objectives
Skill and AO weighting from official examiner commentary
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Method marks watchlist
Where working, steps, or method marks were commonly lost
Method marks · 0580/11 · Q25(a)
Others found the area of circle and did not divide by 2 to find the area of semicircle; this was credited with a method mark.
Method marks · 0580/13 · Q6
A small number of candidates ordered from largest to smallest, but those that had shown decimal equivalents earned the method mark.
Method marks · 0580/13 · Q23
Candidates who knew that the volume of a cylinder was 2 r h often gained a method mark for working out this volume correctly, but many used the diameter instead of the radius.
Recurring mistakes across years
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Question choice intelligence
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Level exemplars
What candidate scripts at each grade level looked like
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Grade & admission context
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Deep insights
What top candidates did
Techniques and approaches examiners rewarded in this series
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Command word playbook
How to match each command word to the expected response style
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Time traps
Sections where candidates spent disproportionate time relative to marks
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Syllabus traceability
Topics linked to questions and mark weighting in this session
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MCQ trap analytics
Commonly chosen wrong options from examiner commentary
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Topic heatmap across years
Mark concentration by topic and exam year for this subject
Mark intensity
Algebraic manipulation
Surface area and volume
Perpendicular lines
Non-right-angled triangles
Percentages
Difficulty trend
How session difficulty has shifted across recent years
Paper comparison
Marks and duration breakdown across papers in this session
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Marks you can still earn
Where valid approaches outside the mark scheme may still gain credit
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Practise what examiners flagged
Target weak topics from this report inside the Revui app
Self-diagnostic checklist
Key actions before you sit this paper — copy and tick off as you revise
- 1Message
Need to have completed the full Core syllabus.
- 2Message
Are reminded of the need to read the questions carefully, focusing on instructions and key words.
- 3Message
Must not round figures in the middle of a calculation but only at the end.
- 4Message
Need to check that their answers are accurate, are in the correct form and make sense in the context.
- 5Message
Build up a vocabulary of mathematical names of shapes and terms.
- 6Message
Check that responses are sensible for what is asked in the question.
- 7Message
Read questions carefully and ensure answers are given appropriately for example in the simplest form.
- 8Message
Ensure full working is shown on ‘show that’ questions.
- 9Method
Others found the area of circle and did not divide by 2 to find the area of semicircle; this was credited with a method mark.
- 10Method
A small number of candidates ordered from largest to smallest, but those that had shown decimal equivalents earned the method mark.
- 11Method
Candidates who knew that the volume of a cylinder was 2 r h often gained a method mark for working out this volume correctly, but many used the diameter instea
Teacher briefing pack
One-page session summary for tutors and classroom review
June 2024 2024
Mathematics
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0580 Mathematics June 2024 Principal Examiner Report for Teachers © 2024 MATHEMATICS Paper 0580/11 Paper 1 (Core) Key messages To succeed with this paper candidates • Need to have completed the full Core syllabus.
Need to have completed the full Core syllabus.
Are reminded of the need to read the questions carefully, focusing on instructions and key words.
Must not round figures in the middle of a calculation but only at the end.
Examiner insights
General comments
- •There were a considerable number of questions proved to be generally well understood and, in most cases, there did not seem to be confusion about what was being asked.
- •When two or more steps are needed in a calculation, it is best if each step is shown separately.
- •This is particularly important with problem solving questions and vital for those that explicitly say to show all your working, for example, with Questions 14 and 22.
- •The questions that presented least difficulty were Questions 1, 3, 6(a), 7 and 20(a).
- •Those that proved to be the most challenging were Questions 10 a problem-solving question to find height of cuboid, 13 find coordinates of a point on a line given the equation, 20(b) use laws of…