Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.

2.Four locations each record a temperature one winter morning. Which of these temperatures is the coldest?

3.A fabric is dyed blue and yellow in the ratio 3 : 5. A tailor uses 1.5 m of blue fabric and the matching amount of yellow fabric needed for the ratio. Work out the total length of fabric used.

4.A box stands on a table. The box exerts a force of 240 N on the table, and the base of the box has an area of 0.8 m². Work out the pressure the box exerts on the table, in N/m².

5.Tickets to a theme park cost £38.50 for an adult and £19.75 for a child. A family estimates the total cost for 4 adults and 3 children, by rounding each ticket price to the nearest £5. Work out their estimate for the total cost.

6.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4

7.Is 120 divisible by 5? Give a reason for your answer.

8.Work out 3π − π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.

9.A café offers sandwiches with one filling from 5 choices and one type of bread from 4 choices. Cheese and mustard, which is one of the 5 fillings, is not available on gluten-free bread, which is one of the 4 breads. Work out how many different sandwiches are possible.

10.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.

11.A gardener has 42 tulip bulbs and 56 daffodil bulbs. She plants them in rows, with every row containing the same number of tulip bulbs and the same number of daffodil bulbs, and no bulbs left over. Work out the greatest number of rows she can plant.

12.Work out 100 − 4 × 5²

13.Work out ((−3) + 5) × (−4) − (−6) ÷ 2

14.Work out 5/6 × 2/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.

15.Write 260,000 in standard form.