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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.Simplify x⁵ × x³ ÷ x², giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 2.An allotment plot is divided into vegetables and flowers in the ratio 9 : 4. A third of the vegetable section is used for potatoes. What fraction of the whole plot is potatoes?
- 3.Which of these statements about −0.7 and −0.25 is true?
- 4.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.
- 5.Round 6.283 to 1 significant figure.
- 6.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 7.Write 260,000 in standard form.
- 8.Write 45,000 in standard form.
- 9.Light travels at 3 × 10⁸ metres per second. Work out how far light travels in 2 × 10⁻⁶ seconds. Give your answer in standard form.
- 10.A tin of paint has a mass of 5.672 kg. Round this mass to 1 decimal place.
- 11.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.
- 12.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3, −1, 0, −5
- 13.Work out 2 × (−3 + 7)
- 14.Priya has 24 red beads and 36 blue beads. She makes identical bracelets, using every bead and with none left over. Work out the greatest number of bracelets she can make.
- 15.3.4 × 10⁵ is written as an ordinary number. Work out this number.
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