Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A tin of paint has a mass of 5.672 kg. Round this mass to 1 decimal place.

2.Write the fraction 3/4 as a decimal.

3.Simplify x⁶ ÷ x²

4.Which of these numbers lies between −8 and −5 on a number line?

5.A gardener has 42 tulip bulbs and 56 daffodil bulbs. She plants them in rows, with every row containing the same number of tulip bulbs and the same number of daffodil bulbs, and no bulbs left over. Work out the greatest number of rows she can plant.

6.Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵, 4.1 × 10³

7.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.

8.Work out 3 × (−2)² − 5

9.Work out 4π + 2π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.

10.Work out 4368 ÷ 12.

11.Zoe worked out 3/8 + 1/8 by adding the numerators and the denominators, and got 4/16. Work out the correct value of 3/8 + 1/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.

12.Work out the value of 2⁻²

13.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.

14.A student works out the exact area of a circle with radius 4 cm by squaring the radius but forgetting to multiply by π. Work out the correct exact area of the circle, in terms of π.

15.Work out 1/2 of 1/4 of 80.