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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 florist has 60 red roses and 84 white roses. She wants to make identical bunches using all the flowers, with the greatest possible number of bunches. Work out how many red roses will be in each bunch.
- 2.Round 4,685 to the nearest 100.
- 3.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 4.Write 0.0038 in standard form.
- 5.Work out an estimate for 397 ÷ 21, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 6.A school orders 187 packed lunches for a trip. Each packed lunch costs £4.85. The school has £900 to spend. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total cost and decide whether £900 is enough.
- 7.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5
- 8.Oliver drives 95 km at an average speed of 50 km/h. Work out an estimate for the time the journey takes, by rounding the distance to the nearest 100 km.
- 9.A spreadsheet shows that 812 − 397 = 315. Work out an estimate for 812 − 397, by rounding each number to the nearest 100, to check whether the spreadsheet's answer is reasonable.
- 10.Work out √225 ÷ 3.
- 11.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 12.A tank contains 120 litres of water. Water is drained out at a rate of 8 litres per minute for 6 minutes, and then a hose adds 15 litres. Work out how much water is left in the tank.
- 13.A rectangular field measures 19.6 m by 48.3 m. Work out an estimate for the area of the field, by rounding each length to 1 significant figure.
- 14.Work out 18 − 4 × 2
- 15.n is a whole number and 2 ≤ n < 6. Write down all the possible values of n.
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