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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.Sam rounds 0.070268 to 3 significant figures and writes 0.0703. Which of these statements is correct?
- 2.The error interval for the mass of a suitcase, m kg, is given as 22.5 ≤ m < 23.5. Write down the mass of the suitcase, correct to the nearest whole number.
- 3.Write down the reciprocal of 5/8
- 4.A digital timer truncates every time to 1 decimal place. It shows a swimmer's time for one length as 12.3 seconds. Using t for the swimmer's actual time in seconds, write down the error interval for t.
- 5.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.
- 6.A supermarket sells apples at £1.85 per kg. Anna buys 3.6 kg of apples. Estimate the cost by rounding each number to 1 significant figure before multiplying. Work out Anna's estimate.
- 7.Work out 4368 ÷ 12.
- 8.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 9.Work out (5 + 2) × 3²
- 10.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.
- 11.Write 0.06 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 12.In a fruit crate the ratio of oranges to lemons is 5 : 6. What fraction of the fruit in the crate are lemons?
- 13.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 14.Which of these statements about −0.7 and −0.25 is true?
- 15.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.
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