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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.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.
(a)7.1 kg
(b)2.645 kg
(c)3.05 kg
(d)452.6 kg
2.A pack contains 20 stickers. Noah gives 1/5 of the pack to his sister. Work out how many stickers he gives away.
(a)4
(b)5
(c)100
(d)16
3.Work out an estimate for 397 ÷ 21, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
(a)20
(b)200
(c)19
(d)2
4.A necklace is made from red beads and gold beads in the ratio 7 : 3. What fraction of the beads are gold?
(a)3/7
(b)7/3
(c)7/10
(d)3/10
5.Work out the value of 6² − 4³.
(a)100
(b)28
(c)−28
(d)0
6.Work out 35% of 180.
(a)45
(b)63
(c)145
(d)126
7.Work out 250 ÷ 1000.
(a)25
(b)0.025
(c)2.5
(d)0.25
8.A cycle route is 350 m long. A footpath runs alongside it for 3/7 of that length. Work out the length of the footpath.
(a)200 m
(b)1050 m
(c)150 m
(d)50 m
9.A circle has a radius of 5 cm. Work out the exact circumference of the circle, in terms of π.
(a)10π cm
(b)25π cm
(c)5π cm
(d)20π cm
10.Work out ((−3) + 5) × (−4) − (−6) ÷ 2
(a)−11
(b)−1
(c)−5
(d)11
11.Write the fraction 3/4 as a decimal.
(a)0.7
(b)0.34
(c)0.75
(d)0.25
12.A florist has 60 red roses and 84 white roses. She wants to make identical bunches using all the flowers, with the greatest possible number of bunches. Work out how many red roses will be in each bunch.
(a)12
(b)7
(c)20
(d)5
13.Simplify 3² ÷ 3⁵, giving your answer as a single power of 3.
(a)3⁷
(b)3³
(c)3⁻³
(d)3¹⁰
14.Write 0.35 as a fraction in its lowest terms.
(a)7/25
(b)35/10
(c)3/10
(d)7/20
15.An allotment plot is divided into vegetables and flowers in the ratio 9 : 4. A third of the vegetable section is used for potatoes. What fraction of the whole plot is potatoes?
(a)3/13
(b)4/39
(c)1/3
(d)9/13

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