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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 garden path is measured by Jon as 12 m, correct to the nearest metre, and by Mia as 12.6 m, correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Which statement about the two measurements is correct?
- 2.Priya adds 3.6 and 0.45 on paper and writes down 3.65 as her answer. Work out the correct value of 3.6 + 0.45.
- 3.A metal cube has a mass of 540 g and a volume of 60 cm³. Work out its density in g/cm³.
- 4.4ˣ = 64. Work out the value of x.
- 5.Nadia has £84. She spends 3/7 of it on a jacket and the rest on a bag. Work out the ratio of the amount spent on the jacket to the amount spent on the bag, in its simplest form.
- 6.Work out an estimate for 312 × 19, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 7.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 8.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 9.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 10.A charity trek covers 830 miles over roughly 19 days. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of miles walked per day.
- 11.Which of these units would be most appropriate to use when stating the mass of a small car?
- 12.Work out an estimate for 8,900 ÷ 29, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 13.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.
- 14.Work out √(4 × 9)
- 15.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.
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