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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.The length of a pencil is 8.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. Using L for the length of the pencil in centimetres, write down the error interval for L.
- 2.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 3.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 4.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2
- 5.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 6.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 7.A number, y, is equal to 8.2 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for y.
- 8.Work out 3π − π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.
- 9.Which of these units would be most appropriate to use when stating the mass of a small car?
- 10.Work out 5⁰ + 5¹ + 5²
- 11.A recipe for one cake needs 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Priya has 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Work out how many complete cakes she can make.
- 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 board game has 5 different character pieces and 4 different colour tokens. The dragon piece can only be used with the gold token. Work out how many different combinations of one character piece and one colour token are possible.
- 14.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.
- 15.Simplify x⁷ × x⁴, giving your answer as a single power of x.
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