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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.Write '3.2 million' as a number in figures.
- 2.The mass of a radioactive sample, in grams, n years after it was first weighed is modelled by M = 200 × (1/2)ⁿ. Work out the mass the model gives after 3 years.
- 3.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 4.A charity bake sale sells 187 cakes at £2.95 each. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total amount raised.
- 5.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 6.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
- 7.Work out 3 + 4 × 2²
- 8.A cycle route is 350 m long. A footpath runs alongside it for 3/7 of that length. Work out the length of the footpath.
- 9.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.
- 10.Amelia estimates 48 × 21 by working out 50 × 20 = 1,000. Work out whether her estimate is an under-estimate or an over-estimate, and by how much.
- 11.Work out √49
- 12.A sponsored walk is 36 km long. Aisha has completed 8/12 of the walk. Work out how far she has walked.
- 13.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 14.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: −0.6, 0.45, −0.15, 0.5, −0.09
- 15.A box holds 140 pens. 25% of the pens are red. Work out how many of the pens are red.
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