Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Work out 4368 ÷ 12.

2.Work out ∛64.

3.Which of these is equal to 5³?

4.Work out 1 − 1/2 − 1/4 − 1/8 − 1/16. Give your answer as a fraction.

5.Using only 20p coins and 10p coins, and at least one of each, work out how many different ways there are to make exactly 60p. List the possibilities systematically.

6.3/5 of the students in a year group walk to school. 90 students walk to school. Work out the total number of students in the year group.

7.Work out ⁴√16

8.Write 260,000 in standard form.

9.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.

10.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4

11.Work out the lowest common multiple of 4 and 6.

12.Work out (4 × 10⁻³) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.

13.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.

14.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.

15.A country's population is 8,340,000, and it is estimated that 1,950,000 of them live in the capital city. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of people who do not live in the capital city.