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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.Work out ∛64.
- 2.Work out 18 − 4 × 2
- 3.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
- 4.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
- 5.Work out (2/3)² + (1/2)². Give your answer as a fraction.
- 6.Four friends share a restaurant bill of £53.90 equally. A calculator gives each share as 13.475. Work out how much each friend should pay.
- 7.Work out (−2)³ + (−3)² − (−4)
- 8.A supermarket sells apples at £1.85 per kg. Anna buys 3.6 kg of apples. Estimate the cost by rounding each number to 1 significant figure before multiplying. Work out Anna's estimate.
- 9.A garden has flowers, herbs and vegetables in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What fraction of the garden is not vegetables?
- 10.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: −0.6, 0.45, −0.15, 0.5, −0.09
- 11.Work out an estimate for 588 ÷ 31, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 12.Write 0.06 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 13.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3
- 14.A cinema has 21 rows of seats with 29 seats in each row. Work out an estimate for the number of people the cinema can hold, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 15.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.
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