Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Work out 5/6 × 2/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.

2.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.

3.Work out ∛64.

4.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.

5.3/5 of a 5/6 litre bottle of juice is poured out. Work out the exact volume poured out, in litres.

6.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.

7.Work out the value of 2⁻²

8.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.

9.Postage on a parcel is calculated as £4.60, correct to the nearest 20p. Which of these could not be the actual cost of the postage?

10.A sponsored walk is 36 km long. Aisha has completed 8/12 of the walk. Work out how far she has walked.

11.Work out √49

12.Round 24,681 to the nearest 1,000.

13.£60 is shared between Amir, Bo and Chen in the ratio 1:2:3. Work out the fraction of the £60 that Amir and Bo receive together.

14.Which one of these statements about negative numbers is true?

15.Write 0.875 as a fraction in its simplest form.