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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 down the value of 7⁰
- 2.At a book fair the ratio of fiction books to non-fiction books is 4 : 5. Of the non-fiction books, 3/5 are about history. Work out the fraction of all the books at the fair that are history books.
- 3.Simplify x⁶ ÷ x²
- 4.Work out 5 + 3 × (9 − 6)
- 5.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3
- 6.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.
- 7.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
- 8.Light travels at 3 × 10⁸ metres per second. Work out how far light travels in 2 × 10⁻⁶ seconds. Give your answer in standard form.
- 9.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 10.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
- 11.Work out the value of √49 + ∛27
- 12.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.
- 13.Write 45,000 in standard form.
- 14.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
- 15.A concrete mix is made from cement and sand in the ratio 3 : 5 by mass. A builder mixes 96 kg of concrete. Work out the mass of cement in the mix.
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