Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 7/20, 0.3, 32%

2.Work out 10% of 30% of £200.

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

4.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.

5.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.

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.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.

8.A café is planning its lunch menu. It will offer one soup from 3 choices and one sandwich from 4 choices, but the mushroom soup, one of the 3 soups, will only be served with the cheese sandwich, one of the 4 sandwiches, on a normal day. Work out how many different soup-and-sandwich combinations are available on a normal day.

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

10.Four locations each record a temperature one winter morning. Which of these temperatures is the coldest?

11.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.

12.A company's turnover is 5.6 × 10⁷ pounds, spread evenly across 3.5 × 10² shops. Work out the average turnover per shop, in standard form.

13.A block of butter has a mass of 250 g, correct to the nearest 10 g. Using m for the mass of the block in grams, write down the error interval for m.

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

15.Write these decimals in order, starting with the smallest: 0.6, 0.55, 0.601, 0.5, 0.56