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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.Round 0.0759 to 2 decimal places.
(a)0.08
(b)0.07
(c)0.076
(d)0.1
2.Work out 2⁵.
(a)10
(b)16
(c)32
(d)25
3.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
(a)75
(b)5
(c)15
(d)3
4.A supermarket sells apples at £1.85 per kg. Anna buys 3.6 kg of apples. Estimate the cost by rounding each number to 1 significant figure before multiplying. Work out Anna's estimate.
(a)£6.66
(b)£8
(c)£7.60
(d)£7.40
5.A three-digit code is made using the digits 1, 2 and 3, and each digit may be used more than once. Work out how many different three-digit codes can be made.
(a)9
(b)3
(c)27
(d)6
6.A charity shop buys a coat for £24 and sells it for a profit that is 3/8 of the buying price. Work out the selling price.
(a)£27.00
(b)£15.00
(c)£9.00
(d)£33.00
7.Work out (5 + 2) × 3²
(a)147
(b)63
(c)23
(d)441
8.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
(a)0.01
(b)0.00648
(c)0.0065
(d)0.006
9.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
(a)35
(b)11
(c)1
(d)7
10.A company sells 4 × 10³ items per day, each priced at £2.50. It operates for 3 × 10² days a year. Work out the company's total revenue for the year. Give your answer in standard form.
(a)1.2 × 10⁶
(b)3 × 10⁷
(c)3 × 10⁶
(d)1.03 × 10⁴
11.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: 7/8, 0.8, 78%, 17/20
(a)7/8, 17/20, 0.8, 78%
(b)7/8, 0.8, 17/20, 78%
(c)78%, 0.8, 17/20, 7/8
(d)17/20, 7/8, 0.8, 78%
12.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
(a)6 × 10¹
(b)6 × 10¹²
(c)5 × 10⁷
(d)6 × 10⁷
13.A coach journey has a 55 minute first leg, a 20 minute break and a 40 minute second leg. The coach leaves at 13:25. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.
(a)15:00
(b)14:40
(c)14:25
(d)15:20
14.The diameter of an artificial silk fibre is 4 × 10⁻⁶ metres. One nanometre is 10⁻⁹ metres. Work out the diameter of the fibre in nanometres.
(a)4,000 nanometres
(b)4 nanometres
(c)400 nanometres
(d)0.004 nanometres
15.A quiz has 50 questions. Freya answers 10% of them incorrectly. Work out how many questions she answers incorrectly.
(a)5
(b)10
(c)500
(d)45

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