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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 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.
- 2.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 3.Put these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 3/8, 0.4, 0.35
- 4.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 5.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 6.Work out 20 − 8 ÷ 2 + 1
- 7.Work out ⁴√16
- 8.A laptop costs £720. A carrying case for it costs 1/9 of the price of the laptop. Work out the cost of the carrying case.
- 9.In a choir, 2/9 of the members are boys and the rest are girls. Write down the ratio of girls to boys, in its simplest form.
- 10.Work out (−6) + (−4) × 3
- 11.A charity bake sale sells 187 cakes at £2.95 each. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total amount raised.
- 12.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 13.Work out the value of 2⁻⁴
- 14.Grace buys three items costing £9.95, £19.90 and £4.99. Work out an estimate for the total cost, by rounding each price to the nearest pound.
- 15.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).
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