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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics · Extended (Papers 2 and 4) · Algebra and graphs
Equations
Marks, papers and a question to try for 0580 Extended equations.
The current syllabus All sittings since 2019
In the papers analysed (March 2025 to June 2026, 16 papers).
What the papers show
- Share of marks
- 9.2% of the marks analysed
- How often
- On 15 of 16 papers analysed
- Which papers
- Paper 2 (no calculator), Paper 4 (calculator allowed)
- Usual command words
- solve, find, rearrange, show that, write down
- Difficulty
- middling (2.8 on a scale from 1, the easiest, to 5)
- Last seen
- June 2026
All sittings since 2019: 8.9% of the marks, on 89 of 94 papers.
A question to try
One generated question on equations. Type your answer; you see the working after you have had a go.
Generated for 0580 Extended. A small sample: it does not measure your whole course.