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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.
Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A number, y, is equal to 8.2 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for y.
- 2.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.
- 3.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?
- 4.Sam rounds 0.070268 to 3 significant figures and writes 0.0703. Which of these statements is correct?
- 5.Zoe worked out 3/8 + 1/8 by adding the numerators and the denominators, and got 4/16. Work out the correct value of 3/8 + 1/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 6.Work out the value of √49 + ∛27
- 7.Round 6.283 to 1 significant figure.
- 8.Four friends share a restaurant bill of £53.90 equally. A calculator gives each share as 13.475. Work out how much each friend should pay.
- 9.On one night in Manchester the temperature at 3 am was 8 °C below zero and at 9 am it was 3 °C below zero. Write down the warmer of the two readings.
- 10.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.
- 11.A measuring jug shows a volume of 340 ml, correct to the nearest 20 ml. Work out the smallest possible volume in the jug.
- 12.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 13.Work out 1 − 1/2 − 1/4 − 1/8 − 1/16. Give your answer as a fraction.
- 14.Which of these numbers lies between −4 and −1 on a number line?
- 15.Amelia has 49 boxes of apples with 21 apples in each box. Work out an estimate for the total number of apples, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
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