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IGCSE Maths 0580: final exam countdown

A 14-day checklist for the run-up to the exams: the topics Examiner Insights ranks highest, the most common mistakes, then a full timed paper. Tick each day off; your ticks are saved in this browser only.

Start day 1

Paper 1: confirmed dates

Cambridge sets the 0580 dates for each administrative zone, so we show no single countdown. Cambridge had not published the June 2027 timetable when we last checked (5 October 2026). Check your board’s timetable: Cambridge timetable · our exam dates page.

Your 14-day checklist

  1. Day 1

    Accuracy: keep full values, round once, 3 s.f. and 1 d.p. for angles

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Number · What the examiners say

  2. Day 2

    Combined events: multiply along a route, add different routes

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Probability · What the examiners say

  3. Day 3

    Units in area and volume (cm, m, litres)

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Mensuration · What the examiners say

  4. Day 4

    Map scales and bearings

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Geometry · What the examiners say

  5. Day 5

    Inverse and composite functions (Extended)

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Algebra and graphs · What the examiners say

  6. Day 6

    Standard form and surds

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Number · What the examiners say

  7. Day 7

    Speed-time graphs: gradient, area and units

    Revise

    Notes · Practise 0580 Algebra and graphs · What the examiners say

  8. Day 8

    No working, so no part marks

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  9. Day 9

    Rounding in the middle of a calculation

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  10. Day 10

    Ignoring the 3 s.f. (1 d.p. for angles) accuracy rule

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  11. Day 11

    Combined events: adding where you should multiply

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  12. Day 12

    Mixing units in area and volume

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  13. Day 13

    Sit a past paper (Core: Papers 1 and 3; Extended: Papers 2 and 4) under timed conditions

    Full paper

    Prediction Papers (with an IGCSE plan or the free 7-day trial; without a plan you can see each paper's format and marks). Or a paper from the past papers.

  14. Day 14

    Formula sheet, equipment and an early night

    Last day

    Read the formula sheet once, pack your equipment, and stop revising early.

More for the final weeks

Other plans for IGCSE Maths 0580: Mock prep · Back to school · Results day · 30-day challenge · all exam-season plans