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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.Write the fraction 9/25 as a decimal.
(a)0.9
(b)2.8
(c)0.36
(d)0.925
2.Write down the fraction, in its simplest form, that is equal to 0.6
(a)1/6
(b)2/3
(c)3/50
(d)3/5
3.To estimate the cost of buying 38.7 m of rope at £21.40 per metre, both numbers are first rounded to 1 significant figure. Work out the estimate.
(a)£819
(b)£840
(c)£60
(d)£800
4.A charity shop buys a coat for £24 and sells it for a profit that is 3/8 of the buying price. Work out the selling price.
(a)£27.00
(b)£15.00
(c)£9.00
(d)£33.00
5.Work out 3³ + 2⁴.
(a)35
(b)25
(c)43
(d)432
6.Which of these numbers lies between −8 and −5 on a number line?
(a)−9
(b)6
(c)−4
(d)−6
7.A lift has a safe working load of 500 kg. Four people get in the lift and the lift's display records their total mass as 493 kg, correct to the nearest kg. Decide whether the four people are definitely within the safe working load.
(a)No — 493 kg is only an estimate, so it may be over 500 kg
(b)Cannot be decided without the exact total
(c)Yes — the greatest possible total is 493.5 kg, under 500 kg
(d)No — the true total could be as high as 498 kg
8.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
(a)200 g
(b)128 g
(c)240 g
(d)40 g
9.Write the fraction 3/4 as a decimal.
(a)0.7
(b)0.34
(c)0.75
(d)0.25
10.3/5 of a 5/6 litre bottle of juice is poured out. Work out the exact volume poured out, in litres.
(a)1/2
(b)43/30
(c)18/25
(d)25/36
11.Write 12 as a product of its prime factors.
(a)2² × 3
(b)2 × 3²
(c)2 × 3
(d)2 × 6
12.Write down the reciprocal of 5/8
(a)−8/5
(b)8/5
(c)5/8
(d)3/8
13.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled together. One die is red and the other is blue. Work out how many different outcomes are possible.
(a)6
(b)12
(c)36
(d)21
14.Work out √(4 × 9)
(a)5
(b)18
(c)36
(d)6
15.Write 5,000,000 in standard form.
(a)50 × 10⁵
(b)5 × 10⁷
(c)5 × 10⁶
(d)5 × 10⁻⁶

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