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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 plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.
- 3.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
- 4.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 5.A train leaves Leeds at 14:35. The journey takes 1 hour 50 minutes. Work out the time the train arrives. Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
- 6.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.
- 7.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.
- 8.The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,000 km. Write this distance in standard form, in kilometres.
- 9.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
- 10.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.
- 11.Write 260,000 in standard form.
- 12.A car is hired from 10:00 on Monday until 16:00 on Thursday. Work out the total length of the hire, in hours.
- 13.The thickness of a sheet of card is 0.02384 cm. Write this thickness correct to 2 significant figures.
- 14.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?
- 15.A photograph uses 4 × 10⁶ bytes of storage. A memory card holds 3.2 × 10¹⁰ bytes. Work out how many of these photographs the card can hold. Give your answer in standard form.
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