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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 2⁵.
- 2.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 3.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.
- 4.A student works out the exact area of a circle with radius 4 cm by squaring the radius but forgetting to multiply by π. Work out the correct exact area of the circle, in terms of π.
- 5.Which of these is equal to 5³?
- 6.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 7.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 8.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%
- 9.In a box of chocolates 5/8 are milk chocolates and the rest are dark chocolates. Work out the number of dark chocolates as a fraction of the number of milk chocolates.
- 10.Freya uses her calculator to work out 7² and writes down 14. Work out the correct value of 7².
- 11.Put these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 3/8, 0.4, 0.35
- 12.Work out 2 × 3 × 5 + 1 and decide whether the result is a prime number.
- 13.Work out an estimate for 6.4 × 3.9, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 14.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.
- 15.A number line runs from 0 to 1 and is divided into 4 equal parts. Which mark on the line represents 1/4?
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