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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 √225 ÷ 3.
- 2.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3
- 3.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.
- 4.A bag of flour is labelled 1.5 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg. The true mass of the flour is m kg. Which inequality gives all the possible values of m?
- 5.Nadia has £84. She spends 3/7 of it on a jacket and the rest on a bag. Work out the ratio of the amount spent on the jacket to the amount spent on the bag, in its simplest form.
- 6.Write 0.0038 in standard form.
- 7.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 8.Oliver uses his calculator to work out 25% of 80 and writes down 320. Without using a calculator, work out the correct value of 25% of 80.
- 9.Two-digit numbers are made using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4, and no digit may be used twice in the same number. Work out how many different two-digit numbers can be made.
- 10.A tin of paint has a mass of 5.672 kg. Round this mass to 1 decimal place.
- 11.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
- 12.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.
- 13.Work out an estimate for 312 × 19, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 14.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
- 15.In a box of counters the ratio of red counters to blue counters is 4 : 5. What fraction of the counters are blue?
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