Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Oliver drives 95 km at an average speed of 50 km/h. Work out an estimate for the time the journey takes, by rounding the distance to the nearest 100 km.

2.Work out √49

3.Which of these decimals lies between 1/4 and 2/5?

4.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.

5.Work out (3 × 5)²

6.Work out (−2)³ + (−3)² − (−4)

7.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.

8.Round 24,681 to the nearest 1,000.

9.Write 0.06 as a fraction in its simplest form.

10.Write 0.325 as a fraction in its simplest form.

11.A car manufacturer offers a car in 6 colours and 4 trim levels. Two colour-and-trim combinations are not available: red with sport trim, and white with sport trim. Work out how many different colour-and-trim combinations are available.

12.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.

13.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.

14.Write 0.35 as a fraction in its lowest terms.

15.n is a whole number and 2 ≤ n < 6. Write down all the possible values of n.