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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.Two-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8, and each digit may be used only once in a number. Work out how many of these two-digit numbers are even.
- 2.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?
- 3.Work out the value of √(16 + 9)
- 4.A number is multiplied by 4, then 8 is added, giving the result 40. Work out the number.
- 5.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.
- 6.A concrete mix is made from cement and sand in the ratio 3 : 5 by mass. A builder mixes 96 kg of concrete. Work out the mass of cement in the mix.
- 7.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.
- 8.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.
- 9.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.
- 10.Work out the lowest common multiple of 9 and 15.
- 11.Work out an estimate for 312 × 19, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 12.Two lighthouses flash at the start of the same minute. The first lighthouse flashes every 8 minutes and the second flashes every 12 minutes. Work out how many minutes it will be until they next flash together.
- 13.Work out ∛64.
- 14.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11
- 15.Work out an estimate for 37 × 84, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
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