Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.

2.Work out ⁴√81

3.Two allotments are combined. Allotment A grows vegetables and flowers in the ratio 3 : 2, and has 20 plots in total. Allotment B grows vegetables and flowers in the ratio 1 : 4, and has 20 plots in total. Work out the fraction of all the plots, in both allotments combined, that grow vegetables.

4.A student writes 0.08 as the fraction 8/10, reading the 8 as if it stood in the tenths column and ignoring the zero. Work out the correct fraction that 0.08 is equal to, giving your answer in its simplest form.

5.A measuring jug shows a volume of 340 ml, correct to the nearest 20 ml. Work out the smallest possible volume in the jug.

6.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3

7.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.

8.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?

9.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.

10.Which of these numbers lies between −4 and −1 on a number line?

11.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3

12.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%

13.Work out how many factors 100 has.

14.Work out (−2/5) × (−10/3). Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

15.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.