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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.In the number 3.472, work out the value of the digit 7.
- 2.A window display has red baubles, gold baubles and green baubles in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. What fraction of the baubles are not green?
- 3.Work out the value of 6² − 4³.
- 4.A student writes 0.08 as the fraction 8/10, reading the 8 as if it stood in the tenths column and ignoring the zero. Work out the correct fraction that 0.08 is equal to, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5.Round 3.947 to 2 decimal places.
- 6.A sponsored walk is 36 km long. Aisha has completed 8/12 of the walk. Work out how far she has walked.
- 7.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 8.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.
- 9.A quarter-circle has a radius of 6 cm. Work out the exact perimeter of the quarter-circle, giving your answer in terms of π.
- 10.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.
- 11.Jack buys 3 books, each costing £4.25, and pays with a £20 note. Work out how much change he receives.
- 12.A jug holds 1.25 litres of water. Ella pours in another 400 ml. Work out the total volume, in litres.
- 13.Simplify 5⁻² × 5⁴, giving your answer as a single power of 5.
- 14.A country has an area of 25,000,000 hectares. Write this area in standard form.
- 15.In a fruit basket the ratio of bananas to oranges is 2 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are oranges?
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