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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.A pizza is cut into 12 equal slices. Ben eats 5 slices and Mia eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza is left, giving your answer in its simplest form?
(a)1/3
(b)2/3
(c)1/2
(d)7/12
2.Priya has 24 red beads and 36 blue beads. She makes identical bracelets, using every bead and with none left over. Work out the greatest number of bracelets she can make.
(a)6
(b)72
(c)60
(d)12
3.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.
(a)3.6 ≤ n < 3.8
(b)3.65 ≤ n < 3.75
(c)3.65 < n < 3.75
(d)3.65 ≤ n ≤ 3.75
4.A window display has red baubles, gold baubles and green baubles in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. What fraction of the baubles are not green?
(a)9/10
(b)3/5
(c)4/15
(d)2/5
5.Work out the value of $1 0^{- 3}$ .
(a)1000
(b)−1000
(c)0.001
(d)−0.001
6.An allotment is divided into two plots in the ratio 2:3. The larger plot has an area of 18 m². Work out the fraction of the total area taken up by the smaller plot.
(a)2/5
(b)3/5
(c)2/3
(d)1/2
7.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.
(a)6
(b)5
(c)9
(d)3
8.A jug holds 1.25 litres of water. Ella pours in another 400 ml. Work out the total volume, in litres.
(a)5.25 litres
(b)401.25 litres
(c)0.85 litres
(d)1.65 litres
9.Work out how many factors 36 has.
(a)5
(b)10
(c)8
(d)9
10.In a science experiment, the temperature of a liquid is recorded as 18.6 °C, correct to the nearest 0.2 °C. Write down the error interval for the actual temperature, T °C.
(a)18.5 ≤ T ≤ 18.7
(b)18.5 ≤ T < 18.7
(c)18.4 ≤ T < 18.8
(d)18.6 ≤ T < 18.8
11.The length of a pencil is 8.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. Using L for the length of the pencil in centimetres, write down the error interval for L.
(a)8.35 ≤ L < 8.45
(b)8.4 ≤ L < 8.5
(c)8.3 ≤ L < 8.5
(d)8.35 < L ≤ 8.45
12.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
13.Work out the total cost of 3 pens at 45p each and one notebook at £2.35. Give your answer in pounds.
(a)£2.80
(b)£3.70
(c)£8.40
(d)£15.85
14.Which one of these statements about negative numbers is true?
(a)−3 > 0
(b)0 > −1
(c)0 < −1
(d)−5 > −3
15.Four locations each record a temperature one winter morning. Which of these temperatures is the coldest?
(a)−4.5 °C
(b)−3.8 °C
(c)−4.05 °C
(d)2 °C

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