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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.

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Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · 15 questions

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1.Work out √144
(a)72
(b)36
(c)12
(d)14
2.A café offers 3 types of soup and 4 types of bread roll. Work out how many different combinations of one soup and one bread roll are possible.
(a)3
(b)12
(c)7
(d)4
3.In a school, 3/5 of the students study French. Of these students, 2/3 also study Spanish. What fraction of all the students study both French and Spanish?
(a)3/5
(b)9/10
(c)2/5
(d)3/4
4.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 5, −8, 0, −3, 2
(a)−8, −3, 2, 0, 5
(b)−3, −8, 0, 2, 5
(c)5, 2, 0, −3, −8
(d)−8, −3, 0, 2, 5
5.Which of these numbers is a common factor of 18 and 24?
(a)6
(b)8
(c)12
(d)9
6.Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵, 4.1 × 10³
(a)3.2 × 10⁴, 4.1 × 10³, 2.9 × 10⁵
(b)2.9 × 10⁵, 3.2 × 10⁴, 4.1 × 10³
(c)4.1 × 10³, 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵
(d)4.1 × 10³, 2.9 × 10⁵, 3.2 × 10⁴
7.Work out 2/5 + 1/4, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)3/20
(b)13/40
(c)1/3
(d)13/20
8.Write down the fraction, in its simplest form, that is equal to 0.6
(a)1/6
(b)2/3
(c)3/50
(d)3/5
9.Work out the value of $2^{3} + 3^{2}$ .
(a)17
(b)72
(c)12
(d)−1
10.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?
(a)0.0485
(b)0.052
(c)0.0479
(d)0.04
11.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%
(a)0.55, 58%, 3/5
(b)58%, 0.55, 3/5
(c)3/5, 0.55, 58%
(d)3/5, 58%, 0.55
12.A florist has 60 red roses and 84 white roses. She wants to make identical bunches using all the flowers, with the greatest possible number of bunches. Work out how many red roses will be in each bunch.
(a)12
(b)7
(c)20
(d)5
13.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
(a)18 minutes
(b)54 minutes
(c)3 minutes
(d)15 minutes
14.Write the fraction 3/4 as a decimal.
(a)0.7
(b)0.34
(c)0.75
(d)0.25
15.A recipe for one cake needs 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Priya has 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Work out how many complete cakes she can make.
(a)5.25
(b)5
(c)6
(d)7

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