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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.The thickness of a sheet of card is 0.02384 cm. Write this thickness correct to 2 significant figures.
- 2.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.
- 3.In a science experiment, the temperature of a liquid is recorded as 18.6 °C, correct to the nearest 0.2 °C. Write down the error interval for the actual temperature, T °C.
- 4.A bag of flour is labelled 1.5 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg. The true mass of the flour is m kg. Which inequality gives all the possible values of m?
- 5.A shelf is 60 cm long, correct to the nearest 10 cm. Write down the upper bound for the length of the shelf, in centimetres.
- 6.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.
- 7.A water tank holds 80 litres when full. It currently contains 60 litres. Work out what fraction of the tank is empty.
- 8.Work out 10% of 30% of £200.
- 9.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.
- 10.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
- 11.Sam rounds 0.070268 to 3 significant figures and writes 0.0703. Which of these statements is correct?
- 12.Write 260,000 in standard form.
- 13.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled together. One die is red and the other is blue. Work out how many different outcomes are possible.
- 14.The error interval for the mass of a suitcase, m kg, is given as 22.5 ≤ m < 23.5. Write down the mass of the suitcase, correct to the nearest whole number.
- 15.Work out 35% of 180.
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