Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A café offers 3 types of soup and 4 types of bread roll. Work out how many different combinations of one soup and one bread roll are possible.

2.Write 45,000 in standard form.

3.A country's population is 8,340,000, and it is estimated that 1,950,000 of them live in the capital city. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of people who do not live in the capital city.

4.Work out the value of √49 + ∛27

5.Work out 0.6 × 0.04.

6.A rectangular plywood panel measures 2.4 m by 0.75 m. Work out the area of the panel in square metres, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

7.In a car park the ratio of vans to cars is 2 : 7. Work out the number of vans as a fraction of the number of cars.

8.Work out √(4 × 9)

9.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.

10.A jug holds 3 1/3 litres of juice. Each glass holds 2/3 of a litre. Work out how many glasses can be filled from the jug.

11.Find the missing number: ▢ ÷ 15 = 24

12.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.

13.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.

14.A sponsored walk raised £350 for charity. 20% of the money raised is spent on equipment. Work out how much is spent on equipment.

15.An allotment plot is divided into vegetables and flowers in the ratio 9 : 4. A third of the vegetable section is used for potatoes. What fraction of the whole plot is potatoes?