Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Four locations each record a temperature one winter morning. Which of these temperatures is the coldest?

2.A machine fills bags of sugar and shows the mass of each bag to the nearest 10 g. A checker rejects any bag whose actual mass is less than 996 g. One bag shows a mass of 1,000 g on the machine. Decide whether this bag could be rejected, and give a reason for your answer.

3.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5

4.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.

5.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.

6.A measuring jug shows a volume of 340 ml, correct to the nearest 20 ml. Work out the smallest possible volume in the jug.

7.Write down the reciprocal of 0.2

8.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.

9.Four weather stations each recorded their lowest overnight temperature. Which of these readings is the lowest?

10.Round 3.947 to 2 decimal places.

11.A garden has flowers, herbs and vegetables in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What fraction of the garden is not vegetables?

12.A block of butter has a mass of 250 g, correct to the nearest 10 g. Using m for the mass of the block in grams, write down the error interval for m.

13.Write 0.325 as a fraction in its simplest form.

14.Write 260,000 in standard form.

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