Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

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

2.After a price increase of 10%, a laptop costs £330. Work out the original price.

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

4.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.

5.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.

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

7.Work out 35% of 180.

8.Leah measures the length of her classroom with a tape measure marked in centimetres. She writes the length down as 7.3157 m. Give a reason why this is not an appropriate degree of accuracy.

9.Using only 20p coins and 10p coins, and at least one of each, work out how many different ways there are to make exactly 60p. List the possibilities systematically.

10.A car travels 180 km using 6 litres of fuel. Work out the car's fuel consumption in kilometres per litre, then work out how many kilometres it can travel on a full tank of 12 litres at this rate.

11.A piece of ribbon is 2.4 metres long. Kim cuts 40 cm from it. Work out the length of ribbon left, in millimetres.

12.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.

13.A tap fills a 20 litre bucket in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Work out the rate of flow, in litres per minute.

14.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.

15.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.