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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.Work out −6 × (−3).
- 2.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 3.A roll of ribbon is 8.4 m long. Ribbon is cut into pieces that are each 0.6 m long. Work out how many complete pieces can be cut from the roll.
- 4.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.
- 5.Work out the value of 2⁻⁴
- 6.Work out (4 × 10⁻³) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 7.Work out 3.7 × 24.
- 8.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 9.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.
- 10.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.
- 11.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.
- 12.In a box of chocolates 5/8 are milk chocolates and the rest are dark chocolates. Work out the number of dark chocolates as a fraction of the number of milk chocolates.
- 13.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.
- 14.The number 24 can be written as 2³ × 3, and the number 60 can be written as 2² × 3 × 5. Work out the lowest common multiple of 24 and 60.
- 15.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
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