Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A car manufacturer offers a car in 6 colours and 4 trim levels. Two colour-and-trim combinations are not available: red with sport trim, and white with sport trim. Work out how many different colour-and-trim combinations are available.

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

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

4.Write the fraction 9/25 as a decimal.

5.A jug holds 1.8 litres of juice. Priya pours out 3/4 of a litre to fill a glass. Work out how much juice is left in the jug, in millilitres.

6.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.

7.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11

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

9.A country's population is 8,340,000, and it is estimated that 1,950,000 of them live in the capital city. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of people who do not live in the capital city.

10.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.

11.Write the fraction 47/50 as a decimal.

12.Work out −7 − (−3).

13.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.

14.A café is planning its lunch menu. It will offer one soup from 3 choices and one sandwich from 4 choices, but the mushroom soup, one of the 3 soups, will only be served with the cheese sandwich, one of the 4 sandwiches, on a normal day. Work out how many different soup-and-sandwich combinations are available on a normal day.

15.Work out (−3) × 4 + 10