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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics · Core (Papers 1 and 3) · Number
Powers and roots
Marks, papers and a question to try for 0580 Core powers and roots.
The current syllabus All sittings since 2019
In the papers analysed (March 2025 to June 2026, 21 papers).
What the papers show
- Share of marks
- 1.8% of the marks analysed
- How often
- On 15 of 21 papers analysed
- Which papers
- Paper 1 (no calculator), Paper 3 (calculator allowed)
- Usual command words
- work out, find, calculate, write down, simplify
- Difficulty
- on the easier side (1.6 on a scale from 1, the easiest, to 5)
- Last seen
- June 2026
All sittings since 2019: 1.1% of the marks, on 48 of 99 papers.
A question to try
One generated question on powers and roots. Type your answer; you see the working after you have had a go.
Generated for 0580 Core. A small sample: it does not measure your whole course.