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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

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · Non-calculator · 15 questions

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1.In a fruit basket the ratio of bananas to oranges is 2 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are oranges?
(a)2/7
(b)7/5
(c)5/2
(d)5/7
2.In a photo album the ratio of colour photos to black-and-white photos is 9 : 4. Work out the number of black-and-white photos as a fraction of the number of colour photos.
(a)4/9
(b)4/13
(c)9/13
(d)9/4
3.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
(a)7/4
(b)9/4
(c)3/4
(d)5/4
4.Work out ⁴√81
(a)3
(b)20.25
(c)4.5
(d)9
5.The length of a nail is 12 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre. Using L for the length of the nail in centimetres, write down the error interval for L.
(a)11.5 ≤ L < 12.5
(b)11.5 < L < 12.5
(c)11 ≤ L < 13
(d)11.5 ≤ L ≤ 12.5
6.Work out 8% of £250.
(a)£25
(b)£2
(c)£200
(d)£20
7.At a book fair the ratio of fiction books to non-fiction books is 4 : 5. Of the non-fiction books, 3/5 are about history. Work out the fraction of all the books at the fair that are history books.
(a)5/9
(b)3/5
(c)1/3
(d)4/15
8.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).
(a)−8
(b)−5
(c)−14
(d)11
9.Work out the value of $2^{3} + 3^{2}$ .
(a)17
(b)72
(c)12
(d)−1
10.Work out (−2)² − 3
(a)−7
(b)1
(c)25
(d)−1
11.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4
(a)≥
(b)>
(c)<
(d)=
12.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3
(a)=
(b)<
(c)≠
(d)>
13.Work out ⁴√16
(a)4
(b)8
(c)64
(d)2
14.During one night on a mountain, four hikers each recorded the temperature they felt: Ben −6 °C, Priya −2 °C, Sam −9 °C, Alex 1 °C. Work out the difference between the coldest and the warmest of these four temperatures.
(a)10 °C
(b)3 °C
(c)8 °C
(d)7 °C
15.A quiz has 50 questions. Freya answers 10% of them incorrectly. Work out how many questions she answers incorrectly.
(a)5
(b)10
(c)500
(d)45

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