Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A jug holds 3 1/3 litres of juice. Each glass holds 2/3 of a litre. Work out how many glasses can be filled from the jug.

2.Write 45,000 in standard form.

3.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4

4.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.

5.Work out an estimate for 588 ÷ 31, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

6.In a class, 1/3 of the pupils are girls. There are 12 girls in the class. Work out how many pupils are in the class.

7.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.

8.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.

9.A vending machine sells 4 types of crisps, 5 types of chocolate bar and 2 types of drink. Work out how many different combinations of one crisp packet, one chocolate bar and one drink can be bought.

10.A pack contains 20 stickers. Noah gives 1/5 of the pack to his sister. Work out how many stickers he gives away.

11.In a school long jump competition Priya's jump is recorded as 3.8 m and Nadia's jump is recorded as 3.9 m, each correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Priya says she may have jumped further than Nadia. Decide whether Priya is right, and give a reason for your answer.

12.A florist has 5 different flowers. Freya picks 3 of them to make a small bunch, and the order in which she picks them does not matter. Work out how many different bunches she could make.

13.A roll of ribbon is 8.4 m long. Ribbon is cut into pieces that are each 0.6 m long. Work out how many complete pieces can be cut from the roll.

14.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.

15.Write down the value of 3⁰