Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

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

2.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled together. One die is red and the other is blue. Work out how many different outcomes are possible.

3.Work out the value of √(16 + 9)

4.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?

5.Write down the reciprocal of 0.2

6.Work out (−3) × 4 + 2 × (−5)

7.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.

8.A plumber charges a call-out fee of £45 and then £28 for each hour she works. She is at a house from 09:15 until 12:45. Work out the total charge.

9.A tin of soup has a mass of 450 g. A bag of potatoes has a mass of 2.6 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.

10.3/5 of a 5/6 litre bottle of juice is poured out. Work out the exact volume poured out, in litres.

11.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.

12.A newspaper reports that 48,000 people attended a festival. The figure is correct to the nearest thousand. Which statement about the number of people who attended must be true?

13.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.

14.Work out ∛(−27) + ∛8

15.A machine fills bags of sugar and shows the mass of each bag to the nearest 10 g. A checker rejects any bag whose actual mass is less than 996 g. One bag shows a mass of 1,000 g on the machine. Decide whether this bag could be rejected, and give a reason for your answer.