Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

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

2.Write 260,000 in standard form.

3.A café orders 340 bread rolls at 24p each and 85 cakes at £1.35 each. Work out the total cost of the order.

4.Work out 8% of £250.

5.A photography studio offers 4 backdrops and 3 outfits for a portrait session. The plain grey backdrop, one of the 4 backdrops, cannot be used with the formal suit outfit, one of the 3 outfits. Work out how many different backdrop-and-outfit combinations are possible.

6.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?

7.A café offers sandwiches with one filling from 5 choices and one type of bread from 4 choices. Cheese and mustard, which is one of the 5 fillings, is not available on gluten-free bread, which is one of the 4 breads. Work out how many different sandwiches are possible.

8.A cube-shaped storage tank has a volume of 15,625 cubic centimetres. Work out the length of one edge of the tank.

9.Work out (6 × 10⁷) + (3 × 10⁶). Give your answer in standard form.

10.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.

11.Work out 35% of 180.

12.A cube-shaped storage box has edges of length 7 cm. A shelf can hold a total volume of 2,000 cm³. Work out the greatest number of these boxes that will fit in that volume.

13.Write 45,000 in standard form.

14.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.

15.Josh buys 7 pencils at 85p each. He pays with a £10 note. Work out his change.