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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

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · Non-calculator · 15 questions

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1.Grace drinks 1/3 of a bottle of water in the morning and another 1/3 of the same bottle in the afternoon. Work out what fraction of the bottle she has drunk altogether.
(a)2/6
(b)2/9
(c)2/3
(d)1/9
2.Work out 8% of £250.
(a)£25
(b)£2
(c)£200
(d)£20
3.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
(a)9
(b)17
(c)3
(d)37
4.Work out 20 − 8 ÷ 2 + 1
(a)16
(b)15
(c)7
(d)17
5.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3, −1, 0, −5
(a)3, 0, −1, −5
(b)−1, −5, 0, 3
(c)0, −1, −5, 3
(d)−5, −1, 0, 3
6.Which of these is equal to 5³?
(a)125
(b)25
(c)15
(d)53
7.Work out (−2)³ + (−3)² − (−4)
(a)5
(b)−13
(c)−3
(d)21
8.Work out 3/4 − 5/12 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)1/3
(b)−1/6
(c)1/4
(d)7/6
9.In a school long jump competition Priya's jump is recorded as 3.8 m and Nadia's jump is recorded as 3.9 m, each correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Priya says she may have jumped further than Nadia. Decide whether Priya is right, and give a reason for your answer.
(a)Yes — Priya's jump could have been up to 3.9 m
(b)No — their possible jump lengths do not overlap
(c)Yes — both jumps could have been 3.85 m
(d)No — a recorded jump is exactly the length jumped
10.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
(a)22 mm
(b)242 mm
(c)60.5 mm
(d)11 mm
11.In a science experiment, the temperature of a liquid is recorded as 18.6 °C, correct to the nearest 0.2 °C. Write down the error interval for the actual temperature, T °C.
(a)18.5 ≤ T ≤ 18.7
(b)18.5 ≤ T < 18.7
(c)18.4 ≤ T < 18.8
(d)18.6 ≤ T < 18.8
12.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 7/20, 0.3, 32%
(a)7/20, 32%, 0.3
(b)0.3, 32%, 7/20
(c)0.3, 7/20, 32%
(d)32%, 0.3, 7/20
13.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)
(a)216
(b)54
(c)6
(d)18
14.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.
(a)5.25
(b)5
(c)6
(d)7
15.A bag of flour is labelled 1.5 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg. The true mass of the flour is m kg. Which inequality gives all the possible values of m?
(a)1.4 ≤ m < 1.6
(b)1.45 ≤ m < 1.55
(c)1.45 < m ≤ 1.55
(d)1.45 ≤ m ≤ 1.55

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