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O Level Mathematics 4024, topic 1.3

Powers and roots: past paper questions

10 Cambridge O Level Mathematics 4024 questions on Powers and roots (1.3) from 10 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.

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Questions
10
Papers
10
Years
2023 to 2026
Total marks
27
Average per question
2.7 marks
Largest question
5 marks

By type: Structured 10

How hard the questions are

  • Recall0
  • Apply3
  • Analyse3
  • Not banded4

Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.

Command words

  • evaluateAnalyse3 questions
  • findApply3 questions
  • writeRecall2 questions

    give an answer in a specific form

  • calculateApply1 question

    work out from given facts, figures or information

  • write downRecall1 question

    give an answer without significant working

Where the questions come from

By year

  • 20262
  • 20251
  • 20243
  • 20234

By session

  • May/June6
  • Oct/Nov4

By paper

  • Paper 18
  • Paper 22

Questions on this topic

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  • Question 1May/June 2026, paper 12Structured2 marks

    Write down the value of 53

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  • Question 7May/June 2025, paper 12Structured3 marks

    Evaluate. ∛125

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  • Question 14Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured3 marks

    Write 360 as a product of its prime factors.

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  • Question 11Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured3 marks

    Evaluate 42+273.

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  • Question 4May/June 2026, paper 22Structured2 marks

    Calculate. 2.543.09+16.98 Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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  • Question 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

    Find the decimal which is exactly halfway between 3/5 and 68%.

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  • Question 4May/June 2024, paper 21Structured5 marks

    Two of the factors of 50 are square numbers. One of these square numbers is 1. Find the other square number that is a factor of 50.

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  • Question 2May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marksHas a diagram

    Write down the fraction of this 3×3 square that is shaded.

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  • Question 1May/June 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

    Work out. 3.25 - 1.73

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