Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.

2.A car is hired from 10:00 on Monday until 16:00 on Thursday. Work out the total length of the hire, in hours.

3.The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,000 km. Write this distance in standard form, in kilometres.

4.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.

5.A spinner has 4 colours and a coin has 2 sides. Work out how many different outcomes are possible when the spinner is spun once and the coin is tossed once.

6.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.

7.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.

8.A shop buys boxes of pens for £4 each. It sells each box on to a school for £3 more than it paid, and charges an extra £2 delivery fee for the whole order. A school orders 5 boxes. Work out the total cost of the order.

9.A country's population is 8,340,000, and it is estimated that 1,950,000 of them live in the capital city. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of people who do not live in the capital city.

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

12.Work out 8% of £250.

13.A charity raises 8 × 10⁶ pounds. This total is shared equally among 2 × 10² local projects. Work out how much each project receives, in standard form.

14.Write 0.0038 in standard form.

15.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.