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IGCSE · Cambridge (CIE) · 0980

Geometry mixed checkpoint

Sample your tier's geometry skills and choose a focused review lesson.

What you will learn

  • Select the appropriate Core or Extended attempt.
  • Explain geometric reasons on paper before selecting an answer.
  • Use missed first-attempt skills to plan a return.

Check a sample, then decide what to revisit

The Core attempt has nine questions covering shape properties, nets, scale, bearings, similar lengths, symmetry, angles, regular polygons and Core circle-theorem reasoning. Extended adds four questions on area and volume scaling, 3D symmetry, further circle angles and chord distances. Changing the tier starts a new attempt. Restarting repeats the same fixed questions.

Read the explanation after checking each response. At the end, the review plan links missed first-attempt skills to the relevant lessons. A correct option only demonstrates success on that sampled question; the checkpoint does not establish broad mastery. Construction drawings and the full range of geometric reasoning still need paper practice and human review.

Make the next visit useful

Choose one suggested lesson and redo its independent task without opening the worked solution. Write each geometric reason alongside the calculation. For drawings and nets, use the stated tools and check lengths, angles, fold edges and visible construction arcs against the success criteria.

This checkpoint is not saved as an exam grade and does not mark lessons complete. Use the existing saved review choice on a teaching lesson to plan a later return. Specialist review is incomplete. This short multiple-choice sample is not a full cumulative assessment.

Geometry checkpoint

Choose your tier

Changing tier starts a fresh attempt. This practice check is not saved as a grade or used to mark lessons complete.

Question 1 of 9 · Core and Extended

A quadrilateral has four right angles and adjacent sides of 5 cm and 8 cm. Which description fits?

Put the idea to work

Worked example

A similar solid's length factor is 2. Its original surface area is 18 cm² and volume is 30 cm³. Find the new measures.

Show the worked solution
  1. Surface area scales by 2² = 4, giving 18 × 4 = 72 cm².
  2. Volume scales by 2³ = 8, giving 30 × 8 = 240 cm³.
  3. Both rules require all corresponding lengths to share the same scale factor.

Answer 72 cm² and 240 cm³ (Extended).

Common mistakes

  • Choosing an answer without a geometric reason.
  • Treating a sample checkpoint as a full exam or saved grade.
  • Claiming paper drawings were automatically checked.
Recall without your notes

What can you explain now?

What is the reverse bearing of 145°?

Compare with the explanation

325°

The direction back differs by 180°, so add 180 to the bearing below 180°.

After trying it yourself, choose your next review. This is your self-assessment.

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Course scope and assessment

StudyForA maps the 72 Core and Extended section entries in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (9–1) 0980 to original teaching and staged practice. This route covers the 2025–2027 syllabus and the 2028–2030 Version 2 syllabus; Cambridge says the 2028 update makes no significant changes affecting teaching, while its assessment overview is updated. The course keeps the 9–1 grading and paper rules separate from 0580. Questions and written work are self-checked, not Cambridge-graded; this is not a timed mock or an official grade, and subject-teacher review remains pending. 0980 is available in June and November in Administrative Zone 3 and for centres in Oman and the UAE. Confirm the exam series and your centre's entry eligibility with Cambridge and your exams officer.

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