Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.

2.Work out 2 × 3 × 5 + 1 and decide whether the result is a prime number.

3.A jug holds 1.25 litres of water. Ella pours in another 400 ml. Work out the total volume, in litres.

4.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: 7/8, 0.8, 78%, 17/20

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

6.Write down the decimal that is equal to 3/5.

7.Work out 8% of £250.

8.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.

9.The number 36 can be written as 2² × 3², and the number 84 can be written as 2² × 3 × 7. Work out the highest common factor of 36 and 84.

10.Work out 3/8 of 96.

11.Chloe wants to work out 3 1/4 − 1 2/3. She converts both mixed numbers to twelfths, then subtracts the whole numbers and the fraction parts separately, without checking whether she needs to exchange first. Work out the correct value of 3 1/4 − 1 2/3, giving your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

12.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.

13.Round 4,685 to the nearest 100.

14.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.

15.Work out the value of ∛8.