Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Write 260,000 in standard form.

2.A courier's van has a weight limit of 850 kg for its parcels. The driver's display shows the total mass of the parcels loaded as 850 kg, correct to the nearest 5 kg. Decide whether the parcels are definitely within the weight limit.

3.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.

4.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.

5.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2

6.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.

7.The rainfall in a town during April is recorded as 62.4 mm, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for the actual rainfall, r mm.

8.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.

9.Write 0.0038 in standard form.

10.A jacket normally costs £65. In a sale it is reduced by 20%, and the shop then takes a further £5 off at the till. Work out the final price.

11.Work out 10% of 30% of £200.

12.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.

13.Postage on a parcel is calculated as £4.60, correct to the nearest 20p. Which of these could not be the actual cost of the postage?

14.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 7/20, 0.3, 32%

15.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.