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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.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.
- 2.A van has a mass of 2,000 kg, correct to 1 significant figure. Using m for the mass of the van in kilograms, write down the error interval for m.
- 3.Which of these numbers lies between −4 and −1 on a number line?
- 4.Write 45,000 in standard form.
- 5.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.
- 6.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11
- 7.Work out (2/3)² + (1/2)². Give your answer as a fraction.
- 8.A fruit bowl contains apples, pears and plums in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are not plums?
- 9.The mass of a parcel is 3 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram. Which of these masses is not possible for the parcel?
- 10.In a chess club, 3/8 of the members are girls and the rest are boys. Write down the ratio of girls to boys.
- 11.Work out 20 − 8 ÷ 2 + 1
- 12.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 13.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
- 14.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
- 15.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
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