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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.Work out (−2/5) × (−10/3). Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
(a)−56/15
(b)3/25
(c)−4/3
(d)4/3
2.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
(a)9
(b)17
(c)3
(d)37
3.Which of these statements about −0.7 and −0.25 is true?
(a)−0.7 = −0.25
(b)−0.7 < −0.25
(c)−0.7 ≥ −0.25
(d)−0.7 > −0.25
4.Work out 3.7 × 24.
(a)8.88
(b)88.8
(c)888
(d)87.8
5.Two-digit numbers are made using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4, and no digit may be used twice in the same number. Work out how many different two-digit numbers can be made.
(a)12
(b)6
(c)16
(d)8
6.Work out −4.5 + 2.8.
(a)1.7
(b)−7.3
(c)−2.3
(d)−1.7
7.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3, −1, 0, −5
(a)3, 0, −1, −5
(b)−1, −5, 0, 3
(c)0, −1, −5, 3
(d)−5, −1, 0, 3
8.A recipe for one cake needs 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Priya has 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Work out how many complete cakes she can make.
(a)5.25
(b)5
(c)6
(d)7
9.A pizza is cut into 12 equal slices. Ben eats 5 slices and Mia eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza is left, giving your answer in its simplest form?
(a)1/3
(b)2/3
(c)1/2
(d)7/12
10.Meera says that 0.7 ÷ 0.1 = 0.07. Work out the correct value of 0.7 ÷ 0.1.
(a)7
(b)0.07
(c)70
(d)0.7
11.Work out the highest common factor of 12 and 18.
(a)2
(b)6
(c)36
(d)3
12.A florist has 5 different flowers. Freya picks 3 of them to make a small bunch, and the order in which she picks them does not matter. Work out how many different bunches she could make.
(a)30
(b)15
(c)60
(d)10
13.A bag of flour is labelled 1.5 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg. The true mass of the flour is m kg. Which inequality gives all the possible values of m?
(a)1.4 ≤ m < 1.6
(b)1.45 ≤ m < 1.55
(c)1.45 < m ≤ 1.55
(d)1.45 ≤ m ≤ 1.55
14.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.
(a)6
(b)12
(c)36
(d)21
15.Sara has a red T-shirt, a blue T-shirt and a green T-shirt. She has black shorts and grey shorts. By listing the combinations systematically, work out how many different outfits of one T-shirt and one pair of shorts she can make.
(a)3
(b)5
(c)6
(d)2

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