Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Work out (−3) × 4 + 2 × (−5)

2.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25

3.A shop buys boxes of pens for £4 each. It sells each box on to a school for £3 more than it paid, and charges an extra £2 delivery fee for the whole order. A school orders 5 boxes. Work out the total cost of the order.

4.Work out ∛64.

5.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5

6.Work out ∛(−27) + ∛8

7.A jug holds 1.8 litres of juice. Priya pours out 3/4 of a litre to fill a glass. Work out how much juice is left in the jug, in millilitres.

8.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?

9.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

10.Tickets for a fairground ride are sold in packs of 6. Tokens for the dodgems are sold in packs of 10. Yusuf wants to buy the smallest number of packs of each so that he ends up with the same number of ride tickets as dodgem tokens. Work out how many ride tickets that is.

11.A pair of trainers is priced at £80 online. The shop takes 25% off the price and then adds £10 for next-day delivery. Work out the total cost.

12.A school orders 187 packed lunches for a trip. Each packed lunch costs £4.85. The school has £900 to spend. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total cost and decide whether £900 is enough.

13.Work out the value of 5³.

14.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled and their scores are added together. By listing the possible totals systematically, work out how many different totals are possible.

15.A number is multiplied by 4, then 8 is added, giving the result 40. Work out the number.