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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.In a choir, 2/9 of the members are boys and the rest are girls. Write down the ratio of girls to boys, in its simplest form.
- 2.A choir has sopranos, altos and tenors in the ratio 6 : 4 : 5. What fraction of the choir is not tenors?
- 3.A number is multiplied by 4, then 8 is added, giving the result 40. Work out the number.
- 4.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 5.A florist has 60 red roses and 84 white roses. She wants to make identical bunches using all the flowers, with the greatest possible number of bunches. Work out how many red roses will be in each bunch.
- 6.Write 0.325 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 7.A café offers 3 types of soup and 4 types of bread roll. Work out how many different combinations of one soup and one bread roll are possible.
- 8.In a school, 3/5 of the students study French. Of these students, 2/3 also study Spanish. What fraction of all the students study both French and Spanish?
- 9.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.
- 10.Four students work out 6 + 2 × 3. Which student has worked it out correctly?
- 11.Which of these numbers lies between −8 and −5 on a number line?
- 12.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 5, −8, 0, −3, 2
- 13.Work out 3π − π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.
- 14.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
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