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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 shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.
- 2.A window display has red baubles, gold baubles and green baubles in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. What fraction of the baubles are not green?
- 3.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11
- 4.Write 0.35 as a fraction in its lowest terms.
- 5.A rectangular tile measures 45 cm by 0.6 m. Work out its area, in square centimetres.
- 6.In the number 3.472, work out the value of the digit 7.
- 7.Work out 3 + 4 × 2²
- 8.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 10.A tap fills a 20 litre bucket in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Work out the rate of flow, in litres per minute.
- 11.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3, −1, 0, −5
- 12.Work out the value of .
- 13.A roll of ribbon is 8.4 m long. Ribbon is cut into pieces that are each 0.6 m long. Work out how many complete pieces can be cut from the roll.
- 14.A charity bake sale sells 187 cakes at £2.95 each. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total amount raised.
- 15.In a photo album the ratio of colour photos to black-and-white photos is 9 : 4. Work out the number of black-and-white photos as a fraction of the number of colour photos.
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