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The four operations and place value worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Fifteen questions on "the four operations and place value" — DfE statement N2. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.

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The four operations and place value worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · N2 · The four operations and place value · 15 questions

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1.Work out 0.6 × 0.04.
(a)2.4
(b)0.24
(c)0.024
(d)0.0024
2.Work out −6 × (−3).
(a)−18
(b)18
(c)−9
(d)9
3.Work out 4368 ÷ 12.
(a)346
(b)364
(c)304
(d)36.4
4.A recipe for one cake needs 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Priya has 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Work out how many complete cakes she can make.
(a)5.25
(b)5
(c)6
(d)7
5.Work out (2/3)² + (1/2)². Give your answer as a fraction.
(a)7/3
(b)49/36
(c)25/36
(d)5/13
6.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
(a)7/4
(b)9/4
(c)3/4
(d)5/4
7.A café buys 18 boxes of teabags at £3.45 each, and sells all the teabags for £108 in total. Work out the café's profit.
(a)£62.10
(b)£45.90
(c)£46.10
(d)£170.10
8.In the number 3.472, work out the value of the digit 7.
(a)0.007
(b)0.7
(c)0.07
(d)7
9.Work out 2 3/4 − 1 5/6. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
(a)13/12
(b)55/12
(c)1/12
(d)11/12
10.Work out 250 ÷ 1000.
(a)25
(b)0.025
(c)2.5
(d)0.25
11.A café orders 340 bread rolls at 24p each and 85 cakes at £1.35 each. Work out the total cost of the order.
(a)£114.75
(b)£81.60
(c)£196.35
(d)£122.91
12.At midday the temperature in the Lake District was 3 °C. By midnight it had fallen to −6 °C. Work out the fall in temperature.
(a)9 °C
(b)6 °C
(c)3 °C
(d)−9 °C
13.Work out 3.7 × 24.
(a)8.88
(b)88.8
(c)888
(d)87.8
14.A carpenter has a plank of wood 4.8 m long. She cuts off 3 pieces, each 0.9 m long, to make shelves. Work out the length of wood remaining.
(a)7.5 m
(b)2.1 m
(c)3.0 m
(d)2.7 m
15.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.
(a)7
(b)3
(c)1
(d)6

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