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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

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · Non-calculator · 15 questions

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1.Meera says that 0.7 ÷ 0.1 = 0.07. Work out the correct value of 0.7 ÷ 0.1.
(a)7
(b)0.07
(c)70
(d)0.7
2.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?
(a)0.0485
(b)0.052
(c)0.0479
(d)0.04
3.Work out ∛64.
(a)21.3
(b)4
(c)192
(d)8
4.A board game has 5 different character pieces and 4 different colour tokens. The dragon piece can only be used with the gold token. Work out how many different combinations of one character piece and one colour token are possible.
(a)19
(b)20
(c)16
(d)17
5.Work out ⁴√81
(a)3
(b)20.25
(c)4.5
(d)9
6.Work out 20 − 8 ÷ 2 + 1
(a)16
(b)15
(c)7
(d)17
7.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
(a)3/4
(b)3/7
(c)7/3
(d)4/7
8.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
(a)720
(b)800,000,000
(c)8,000,000,000
(d)0.000000008
9.In a class, 1/3 of the pupils are girls. There are 12 girls in the class. Work out how many pupils are in the class.
(a)18
(b)4
(c)24
(d)36
10.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?
(a)2/3
(b)2/5
(c)1/3
(d)3/5
11.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.
(a)14
(b)12
(c)140
(d)1
12.A three-digit code is made using the digits 1, 2 and 3, and each digit may be used more than once. Work out how many different three-digit codes can be made.
(a)9
(b)3
(c)27
(d)6
13.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.
(a)2/9
(b)4/9
(c)2/5
(d)4/7
14.A length, L cm, has the error interval 24.5 ≤ L < 25.5. Write down the degree of accuracy to which the length was measured.
(a)to the nearest centimetre
(b)to 1 decimal place
(c)to the nearest 0.5 cm
(d)to the nearest 10 cm
15.A pack contains 20 stickers. Noah gives 1/5 of the pack to his sister. Work out how many stickers he gives away.
(a)4
(b)5
(c)100
(d)16

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