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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.A necklace is made from red beads and gold beads in the ratio 7 : 3. What fraction of the beads are gold?
- 2.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.
- 3.Work out the total cost of 3 pens at 45p each and one notebook at £2.35. Give your answer in pounds.
- 4.4ˣ = 64. Work out the value of x.
- 5.Sam compares 0.6 and 5/8 by comparing the digit 6 with the digit 5, and says that 0.6 is the larger number. Convert 5/8 to a decimal to find the correct larger value.
- 6.Work out 2/3 × 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 7.Is 120 divisible by 5? Give a reason for your answer.
- 8.A fabric is dyed blue and yellow in the ratio 3 : 5. A tailor uses 1.5 m of blue fabric and the matching amount of yellow fabric needed for the ratio. Work out the total length of fabric used.
- 9.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 10.Work out 100 − 4 × 5²
- 11.Meera says that 0.7 ÷ 0.1 = 0.07. Work out the correct value of 0.7 ÷ 0.1.
- 12.Work out the value of 6² − 4³.
- 13.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 14.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 15.In a photo album the ratio of colour photos to black-and-white photos is 9 : 4. Work out the number of black-and-white photos as a fraction of the number of colour photos.
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