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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.Work out (−2)³ + (−3)² − (−4)
- 2.Which of these is written correctly in standard form?
- 3.The number 36 can be written as 2² × 3², and the number 84 can be written as 2² × 3 × 7. Work out the highest common factor of 36 and 84.
- 4.A cake recipe needs 3/4 of a kilogram of sugar. Aisha wants to make half the recipe. Work out how much sugar she needs, giving your answer as a fraction of a kilogram in its simplest form.
- 5.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
- 6.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
- 7.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4
- 8.The density of a type of plastic is 0.9 g/cm³. Work out this density in kg/m³.
- 9.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.
- 10.A train journey takes 45 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Using t for the actual time of the journey in minutes, write down the error interval for t.
- 11.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5
- 12.Sara has a red T-shirt, a blue T-shirt and a green T-shirt. She has black shorts and grey shorts. By listing the combinations systematically, work out how many different outfits of one T-shirt and one pair of shorts she can make.
- 13.A carton of orange juice holds 1.35 litres. Ruby pours the juice equally into 4 identical glasses. Work out how much juice is in each glass, giving your answer as a fraction of a litre in its simplest form.
- 14.Work out 15% of £40, using 10% and 5%.
- 15.Work out how many factors 36 has.
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