Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.

2.Work out 3 + 4 × 2²

3.A vending machine sells 4 types of crisps, 5 types of chocolate bar and 2 types of drink. Work out how many different combinations of one crisp packet, one chocolate bar and one drink can be bought.

4.Which of these is equal to 5³?

5.Light travels at 3 × 10⁸ metres per second. Work out how far light travels in 2 × 10⁻⁶ seconds. Give your answer in standard form.

6.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.

7.Four weather stations each recorded their lowest overnight temperature. Which of these readings is the lowest?

8.A sponsored walk raised £350 for charity. 20% of the money raised is spent on equipment. Work out how much is spent on equipment.

9.Round 6.283 to 1 significant figure.

10.Insert one pair of brackets into 2 + 3 × 5 − 1 so that the calculation is equal to 24. Which calculation is correct?

11.Priya adds 3.6 and 0.45 on paper and writes down 3.65 as her answer. Work out the correct value of 3.6 + 0.45.

12.A number is divided by 5, then 6 is subtracted, giving the result −1. Work out the number.

13.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.

14.Work out the total cost of 3 pens at 45p each and one notebook at £2.35. Give your answer in pounds.

15.Work out the value of 5³.