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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.An allotment is divided into two plots in the ratio 2:3. The larger plot has an area of 18 m². Work out the fraction of the total area taken up by the smaller plot.
- 2.Write 0.875 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 3.Which one of these statements is true?
- 4.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5
- 5.At a swimming pool the ratio of adults to children is 3 : 5. Of the children, 2/5 are boys. What fraction of the people at the pool are boys?
- 6.Round 0.0759 to 2 decimal places.
- 7.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 8.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.
- 9.Work out 5/6 × 2/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 10.Work out the value of 2⁻²
- 11.During one night on a mountain, four hikers each recorded the temperature they felt: Ben −6 °C, Priya −2 °C, Sam −9 °C, Alex 1 °C. Work out the difference between the coldest and the warmest of these four temperatures.
- 12.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.
- 13.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4
- 14.Round 24,681 to the nearest 1,000.
- 15.Work out the total cost of 3 pens at 45p each and one notebook at £2.35. Give your answer in pounds.
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