Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Round 24,681 to the nearest 1,000.

2.A fruit bowl contains apples, pears and plums in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are not plums?

3.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6

4.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.

5.Which one of these statements is true?

6.A cycle route is 350 m long. A footpath runs alongside it for 3/7 of that length. Work out the length of the footpath.

7.Work out an estimate for 397 ÷ 21, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

8.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.

9.Work out (−2)³ + (−3)² − (−4)

10.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5

11.Work out 1 1/2 ÷ 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.

12.Write down the reciprocal of 0.2

13.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.

14.Two-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8, and each digit may be used only once in a number. Work out how many of these two-digit numbers are even.

15.Light travels at 2.998 × 10⁸ metres per second. A distant object in space is 3.1 × 10¹⁵ metres from Earth. Work out an estimate for the number of seconds light takes to travel from the object to Earth, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.