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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

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · Calculator · 15 questions

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1.A jug holds 1.8 litres of juice. Priya pours out 3/4 of a litre to fill a glass. Work out how much juice is left in the jug, in millilitres.
(a)1725 ml
(b)50 ml
(c)2550 ml
(d)1050 ml
2.After a price increase of 10%, a laptop costs £330. Work out the original price.
(a)£3,300
(b)£300
(c)£363
(d)£297
3.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
(a)28.8 km/h
(b)0.48 km/h
(c)2.22 km/h
(d)28 800 km/h
4.A crowd of 8,400 people is recorded correct to the nearest 100. Work out the smallest possible number of people in the crowd.
(a)8,350
(b)8,450
(c)8,390
(d)8,300
5.Four friends share a restaurant bill of £53.90 equally. A calculator gives each share as 13.475. Work out how much each friend should pay.
(a)£13.47
(b)£13.48
(c)£13.50
(d)£13.40
6.Two-digit numbers are made using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4, and no digit may be used twice in the same number. Work out how many different two-digit numbers can be made.
(a)12
(b)6
(c)16
(d)8
7.Which of these is written correctly in standard form?
(a)7.5 × 10⁴
(b)12 × 10³
(c)6.2 × 4⁵
(d)0.5 × 10⁴
8.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?
(a)28.3 cm²
(b)28.26 cm²
(c)9π cm²
(d)27 cm²
9.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
(a)1500 km/h
(b)90 km/h
(c)90000 km/h
(d)6.9 km/h
10.3/5 of the students in a year group walk to school. 90 students walk to school. Work out the total number of students in the year group.
(a)54
(b)126
(c)150
(d)30
11.A van has a mass of 2,000 kg, correct to 1 significant figure. Using m for the mass of the van in kilograms, write down the error interval for m.
(a)1,500 ≤ m < 2,500
(b)1,000 ≤ m < 3,000
(c)1,950 ≤ m < 2,050
(d)1,500 < m ≤ 2,500
12.Four locations each record a temperature one winter morning. Which of these temperatures is the coldest?
(a)−4.5 °C
(b)−3.8 °C
(c)−4.05 °C
(d)2 °C
13.A café offers 3 types of soup and 4 types of bread roll. Work out how many different combinations of one soup and one bread roll are possible.
(a)3
(b)12
(c)7
(d)4
14.The density of a type of plastic is 0.9 g/cm³. Work out this density in kg/m³.
(a)900 kg/m³
(b)0.0009 kg/m³
(c)0.09 kg/m³
(d)900 000 kg/m³
15.Petrol costs £1.48 per litre. Sam buys 35 litres and pays with three £20 notes. Work out his change.
(a)£58.52
(b)£9.20
(c)£8.20
(d)£7.50

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