Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Which of these is written correctly in standard form?

2.Work out 18 − 4 × 2

3.Work out 100 − 4 × 5²

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

5.Write 260,000 in standard form.

6.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.

7.In a school, 3/5 of the students study French. Of these students, 2/3 also study Spanish. What fraction of all the students study both French and Spanish?

8.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.

9.Work out the value of √49 + ∛27

10.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.

11.Write these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 0.7, 3/4, 0.72

12.Write 45,000 in standard form.

13.A tin of beans has a mass of 650 g. A bag of rice has a mass of 1.35 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.

14.A garden has flowers, herbs and vegetables in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What fraction of the garden is not vegetables?

15.A car travels 180 km using 6 litres of fuel. Work out the car's fuel consumption in kilometres per litre, then work out how many kilometres it can travel on a full tank of 12 litres at this rate.