Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.

2.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6

3.Work out 18 − 4 × 2

4.Work out 1 1/2 ÷ 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.

5.Work out 8% of £250.

6.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.

7.A paint mix is made from white paint and blue paint in the ratio 5 : 3. Priya uses 1.2 litres of blue paint and the matching amount of white paint. Work out the total volume of the mix.

8.Petrol costs £1.48 per litre. Sam buys 35 litres and pays with three £20 notes. Work out his change.

9.A café offers sandwiches with one filling from 5 choices and one type of bread from 4 choices. Cheese and mustard, which is one of the 5 fillings, is not available on gluten-free bread, which is one of the 4 breads. Work out how many different sandwiches are possible.

10.A spinner has 4 colours and a coin has 2 sides. Work out how many different outcomes are possible when the spinner is spun once and the coin is tossed once.

11.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.

12.A cycle route is 350 m long. A footpath runs alongside it for 3/7 of that length. Work out the length of the footpath.

13.In the number 3.472, work out the value of the digit 7.

14.A bag of flour is labelled 1.5 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg. The true mass of the flour is m kg. Which inequality gives all the possible values of m?

15.A vending machine sells 4 types of crisps, 5 types of chocolate bar and 2 types of drink. Work out how many different combinations of one crisp packet, one chocolate bar and one drink can be bought.