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0580/13 May/Jun 2026, Question 8: Pie Charts

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580 · Paper 13 (Core) · Non-calculator · 5 marks

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The question, in short

Use a pie chart of children's favourite snacks, with chocolate 140°, fruit 30°, nuts 20° and sweets a right angle, to measure the crisps angle, find the chocolate fraction and use the fruit-nuts difference of 8.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Measure the sector angle for crisps from the pie chart.

  1. 1Place the protractor on the centre along one radius of the crisps sector
  2. 2Read the angle: 80°

Answer78 to 82

Part (b) · 2 marks

Find the fraction of children choosing chocolate, giving it in simplest form.

  1. 1Chocolate angle = 140°
  2. 2Fraction = 140/360
  3. 3= 7/18

Answer7/18

Part (c) · 2 marks

Given 8 more children chose fruit than nuts, work out how many chose fruit.

  1. 1Fruit − nuts = 30° − 20° = 10°
  2. 210° represents 8 children
  3. 3Fruit = 3 × 8 = 24

Answer24

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