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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.Simplify x⁵ × x³ ÷ x², giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 2.3.4 × 10⁵ is written as an ordinary number. Work out this number.
- 3.Write 5,000,000 in standard form.
- 4.A cinema has 21 rows of seats with 29 seats in each row. Work out an estimate for the number of people the cinema can hold, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 5.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.
- 6.A plumber charges a call-out fee of £45 and then £28 for each hour she works. She is at a house from 09:15 until 12:45. Work out the total charge.
- 7.Oliver drives 95 km at an average speed of 50 km/h. Work out an estimate for the time the journey takes, by rounding the distance to the nearest 100 km.
- 8.Work out the value of .
- 9.A box holds 140 pens. 25% of the pens are red. Work out how many of the pens are red.
- 10.A metal cube has a mass of 540 g and a volume of 60 cm³. Work out its density in g/cm³.
- 11.A jar of jam costs £2.35. Tom buys 3 jars. He says the total cost is more than £7. Work out the exact total cost, and state whether Tom's claim is correct.
- 12.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 13.Freya uses her calculator to work out 7² and writes down 14. Work out the correct value of 7².
- 14.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)
- 15.Work out 3/7 × 14/9. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
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