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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (9-1) · Core · Number
Estimation
Marks, papers and a question to try for 0980 Core estimation.
The current syllabus All sittings since 2019
In the papers analysed (June 2019 to November 2025, 26 papers).
What the papers show
- Share of marks
- 1.4% of the marks analysed
- How often
- On 14 of 26 papers analysed
- Which papers
- Paper 1 (no calculator), Paper 3 (calculator allowed)
- Usual command words
- write, find, work out, estimate, explain
- Difficulty
- middling (3.0 on a scale from 1, the easiest, to 5)
- Last seen
- November 2025
The current syllabus: 1.6% of the marks, on 2 of 4 papers.
A question to try
Questions for 0980 are not published yet.