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Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions across the number statements at Foundation tier. Choose the non-calculator filter to rehearse Paper 1, which counts for a third of the marks.
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Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.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.
- 2.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 3.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.
- 4.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.
- 5.Light travels at 3 × 10⁸ metres per second. Work out how far light travels in 2 × 10⁻⁶ seconds. Give your answer in standard form.
- 6.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.
- 7.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.
- 8.Four friends share a restaurant bill of £53.90 equally. A calculator gives each share as 13.475. Work out how much each friend should pay.
- 9.A market trader buys 8 melons at £1.35 each. He sells all of them for a total of £15.60. Work out his profit.
- 10.Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵, 4.1 × 10³
- 11.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2
- 12.The number of pages in a book is 240, correct to the nearest 10 pages. Write down the error interval for the actual number of pages, n.
- 13.Josh buys 7 pencils at 85p each. He pays with a £10 note. Work out his change.
- 14.Work out (6 × 10⁷) + (3 × 10⁶). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15.Write 0.0038 in standard form.
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