Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.In a class, 1/3 of the pupils are girls. There are 12 girls in the class. Work out how many pupils are in the class.

2.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.

3.Which statement about the number 91 is correct?

4.Work out −6 × (−3).

5.Is 120 divisible by 5? Give a reason for your answer.

6.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.

7.A café offers 3 types of soup and 4 types of bread roll. Work out how many different combinations of one soup and one bread roll are possible.

8.Chloe wants to work out 3 1/4 − 1 2/3. She converts both mixed numbers to twelfths, then subtracts the whole numbers and the fraction parts separately, without checking whether she needs to exchange first. Work out the correct value of 3 1/4 − 1 2/3, giving your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

9.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2

10.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.

11.Which of these numbers is a common factor of 18 and 24?

12.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%

13.Which of these statements about −0.7 and −0.25 is true?

14.A company's turnover is 5.6 × 10⁷ pounds, spread evenly across 3.5 × 10² shops. Work out the average turnover per shop, in standard form.

15.Write 5,000,000 in standard form.