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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 ∛64.
- 2.Work out the value of ∛8.
- 3.A bus leaves the station at 09:47 and arrives at its destination at 11:23. Work out the journey time.
- 4.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.
- 5.Which of these numbers is the largest: −9, −7, −4, −2?
- 6.To estimate the cost of buying 38.7 m of rope at £21.40 per metre, both numbers are first rounded to 1 significant figure. Work out the estimate.
- 7.Write 45,000 in standard form.
- 8.A necklace is made from red beads and gold beads in the ratio 7 : 3. What fraction of the beads are gold?
- 9.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)
- 10.The number 36 can be written as 2² × 3², and the number 84 can be written as 2² × 3 × 7. Work out the highest common factor of 36 and 84.
- 11.Four students work out 6 + 2 × 3. Which student has worked it out correctly?
- 12.A country has an area of 25,000,000 hectares. Write this area in standard form.
- 13.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.
- 14.Work out −(−3)⁴ + (−3)³
- 15.A school orders 187 packed lunches for a trip. Each packed lunch costs £4.85. The school has £900 to spend. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total cost and decide whether £900 is enough.
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