Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Work out 5⁰ + 5¹ + 5²

2.Work out 250 ÷ 1000.

3.Priya adds 3.6 and 0.45 on paper and writes down 3.65 as her answer. Work out the correct value of 3.6 + 0.45.

4.In a school, 3/5 of the students study French. Of these students, 2/3 also study Spanish. What fraction of all the students study both French and Spanish?

5.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.

6.Work out the value of 5³.

7.In a chess club, 3/8 of the members are girls and the rest are boys. Write down the ratio of girls to boys.

8.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).

9.Write down the reciprocal of 0.2

10.Work out an estimate for 8,900 ÷ 29, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

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

12.For any two whole numbers, the product of the numbers is equal to the product of their highest common factor and their lowest common multiple. The highest common factor of 6 and 8 is 2, and 6 × 8 = 48. Work out the lowest common multiple of 6 and 8.

13.Work out 3/7 × 14/9. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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

15.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.