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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.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
- 2.In a box of counters the ratio of red counters to blue counters is 4 : 5. What fraction of the counters are blue?
- 3.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11
- 4.Write 90 as a product of its prime factors.
- 5.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.
- 6.Work out an estimate for 397 ÷ 21, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 7.Work out (−6) + (−4) × 3
- 8.Work out 250 ÷ 1000.
- 9.Work out −6 × (−3).
- 10.At a book fair the ratio of fiction books to non-fiction books is 4 : 5. Of the non-fiction books, 3/5 are about history. Work out the fraction of all the books at the fair that are history books.
- 11.A minibus can carry 16 passengers. A school is taking 179 pupils on a trip. By rounding 179 to the nearest 10, work out an estimate for the number of minibuses needed, given that the school cannot hire part of a minibus.
- 12.Work out the value of √64.
- 13.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 14.Jack buys 3 books, each costing £4.25, and pays with a £20 note. Work out how much change he receives.
- 15.Write 60 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
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