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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.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
- 2.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5
- 3.On a number line, point A is at −1. Point B is 4 units from point A. Write down the two possible positions of point B.
- 4.Simplify x⁵ × x³ ÷ x², giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 5.Work out 1/2 of 1/4 of 80.
- 6.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.
- 7.Work out the highest common factor of 12 and 18.
- 8.A circle has a diameter of 10 cm. Work out the exact circumference of the circle, in terms of π.
- 9.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.
- 10.A bag holds 50 counters. 2/5 of them are red and the rest are blue. 5 red counters are then taken out of the bag. Work out the new ratio of red counters to blue counters. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 11.Simplify 5⁻² × 5⁴, giving your answer as a single power of 5.
- 12.Write these decimals in order, starting with the smallest: 0.6, 0.55, 0.601, 0.5, 0.56
- 13.A choir has sopranos, altos and tenors in the ratio 6 : 4 : 5. What fraction of the choir is not tenors?
- 14.A supermarket sells apples at £1.85 per kg. Anna buys 3.6 kg of apples. Estimate the cost by rounding each number to 1 significant figure before multiplying. Work out Anna's estimate.
- 15.Grace buys three items costing £9.95, £19.90 and £4.99. Work out an estimate for the total cost, by rounding each price to the nearest pound.
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