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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 45,000 in standard form.
- 2.Which of these decimals lies between 1/4 and 2/5?
- 3.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: −0.6, 0.45, −0.15, 0.5, −0.09
- 4.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
- 5.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 6.Work out 2/3 × 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 7.A paint mix is made from white paint and blue paint in the ratio 5 : 3. Priya uses 1.2 litres of blue paint and the matching amount of white paint. Work out the total volume of the mix.
- 8.A charity trek covers 830 miles over roughly 19 days. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of miles walked per day.
- 9.A vending machine sells 4 types of crisps, 5 types of chocolate bar and 2 types of drink. Work out how many different combinations of one crisp packet, one chocolate bar and one drink can be bought.
- 10.A spinner has 4 colours and a coin has 2 sides. Work out how many different outcomes are possible when the spinner is spun once and the coin is tossed once.
- 11.Write down the decimal that is equal to 3/5.
- 12.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 13.3/5 of a 5/6 litre bottle of juice is poured out. Work out the exact volume poured out, in litres.
- 14.A digital timer truncates every time to 1 decimal place. It shows a swimmer's time for one length as 12.3 seconds. Using t for the swimmer's actual time in seconds, write down the error interval for t.
- 15.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.
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