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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.A recipe states that a cake needs 200 g of flour, correct to the nearest 25 g. Work out the smallest possible mass of flour, in grams, that could actually be used.
- 2.A tin of beans has a mass of 650 g. A bag of rice has a mass of 1.35 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.
- 3.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 4.Write 0.00072 in standard form.
- 5.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.
- 6.A market trader buys 8 melons at £1.35 each. He sells all of them for a total of £15.60. Work out his profit.
- 7.A washing machine costs £320 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. Work out the total price including VAT.
- 8.The thickness of a sheet of card is 0.02384 cm. Write this thickness correct to 2 significant figures.
- 9.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: −1.4, 5/4, −6/5, 1.3, 0
- 10.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
- 11.A number, y, is equal to 8.2 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for y.
- 12.Write 45,000 in standard form.
- 13.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.
- 14.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.
- 15.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled and their scores are added together. By listing the possible totals systematically, work out how many different totals are possible.
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