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0580/43 May/Jun 2025, Question 5: Area and Volume Conversions

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580 · Paper 43 (Extended) · Calculator · 2 marks

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Convert between area and volume units: 780 cm² to m², and 0.037 m³ to cm³.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Change 780 cm² into square metres.

  1. 11 m² = 100 × 100 = 10 000 cm²
  2. 2780 ÷ 10 000 = 0.0780 m²

Answer0.0780

Part (b) · 1 mark

Change 0.037 m³ into cubic centimetres.

  1. 11 m³ = 100 × 100 × 100 = 1 000 000 cm³
  2. 20.037 × 1 000 000 = 37 000 cm³

Answer37 000

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