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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.Josh buys 7 pencils at 85p each. He pays with a £10 note. Work out his change.
- 2.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?
- 3.Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵, 4.1 × 10³
- 4.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.
- 5.Write these decimals in order, starting with the smallest: 0.6, 0.55, 0.601, 0.5, 0.56
- 6.The diameter of an artificial silk fibre is 4 × 10⁻⁶ metres. One nanometre is 10⁻⁹ metres. Work out the diameter of the fibre in nanometres.
- 7.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 8.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 9.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.
- 10.A company sells 4 × 10³ items per day, each priced at £2.50. It operates for 3 × 10² days a year. Work out the company's total revenue for the year. Give your answer in standard form.
- 11.Write 0.00072 in standard form.
- 12.The rainfall in a town during April is recorded as 62.4 mm, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for the actual rainfall, r mm.
- 13.Work out (5 × 10⁴) ÷ (2 × 10⁻²). Give your answer in standard form.
- 14.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 15.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.
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