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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.A block of butter has a mass of 250 g, correct to the nearest 10 g. Using m for the mass of the block in grams, write down the error interval for m.
- 2.Nadia has £84. She spends 3/7 of it on a jacket and the rest on a bag. Work out the ratio of the amount spent on the jacket to the amount spent on the bag, in its simplest form.
- 3.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 4.Work out (3 × 5)²
- 5.Work out 8% of £250.
- 6.A tank contains 120 litres of water. Water is drained out at a rate of 8 litres per minute for 6 minutes, and then a hose adds 15 litres. Work out how much water is left in the tank.
- 7.The mass of a radioactive sample, in grams, n years after it was first weighed is modelled by M = 200 × (1/2)ⁿ. Work out the mass the model gives after 3 years.
- 8.Put these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 3/8, 0.4, 0.35
- 9.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 5, −8, 0, −3, 2
- 10.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.
- 11.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3
- 12.A carpenter has a plank of wood 4.8 m long. She cuts off 3 pieces, each 0.9 m long, to make shelves. Work out the length of wood remaining.
- 13.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3, −1, 0, −5
- 14.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.
- 15.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
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