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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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- 1.3.4 × 10⁵ is written as an ordinary number. Work out this number.
- 2.In a choir, 2/9 of the members are boys and the rest are girls. Write down the ratio of girls to boys, in its simplest form.
- 3.Work out the value of 2⁻²
- 4.The mass of a radioactive sample, in grams, n years after it was first weighed is modelled by M = 200 × (1/2)ⁿ. Work out the mass the model gives after 3 years.
- 5.Work out 3/8 of 96.
- 6.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 7.Work out 3/4 − 5/12 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 8.A cube-shaped storage tank has a volume of 15,625 cubic centimetres. Work out the length of one edge of the tank.
- 9.Work out 15% of £40, using 10% and 5%.
- 10.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: 7/8, 0.8, 78%, 17/20
- 11.A florist has 5 different flowers. Freya picks 3 of them to make a small bunch, and the order in which she picks them does not matter. Work out how many different bunches she could make.
- 12.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 13.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 14.A tap fills a 20 litre bucket in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Work out the rate of flow, in litres per minute.
- 15.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.
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