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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.A garden path is measured by Jon as 12 m, correct to the nearest metre, and by Mia as 12.6 m, correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Which statement about the two measurements is correct?
- 2.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 3.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.
- 4.The attendance at a football match is 23,000, correct to the nearest thousand. Which of these attendances is not possible for the match?
- 5.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
- 6.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 7.A van has a mass of 2,000 kg, correct to 1 significant figure. Using m for the mass of the van in kilograms, write down the error interval for m.
- 8.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: −1.4, 5/4, −6/5, 1.3, 0
- 9.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 10.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2
- 11.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 12.Write 260,000 in standard form.
- 13.A plumber charges a call-out fee of £45 and then £28 for each hour she works. She is at a house from 09:15 until 12:45. Work out the total charge.
- 14.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.
- 15.The diameter of an artificial silk fibre is 4 × 10⁻⁶ metres. One nanometre is 10⁻⁹ metres. Work out the diameter of the fibre in nanometres.
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