Printable · GCSE Foundation · ages 14-16
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.Oliver uses his calculator to work out 25% of 80 and writes down 320. Without using a calculator, work out the correct value of 25% of 80.
- 2.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.
- 3.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.
- 4.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.
- 5.The thickness of a sheet of card is 0.02384 cm. Write this thickness correct to 2 significant figures.
- 6.A sponsored walk raised £350 for charity. 20% of the money raised is spent on equipment. Work out how much is spent on equipment.
- 7.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 8.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.
- 9.A shop buys boxes of pens for £4 each. It sells each box on to a school for £3 more than it paid, and charges an extra £2 delivery fee for the whole order. A school orders 5 boxes. Work out the total cost of the order.
- 10.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 11.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
- 12.Find the missing number: ▢ ÷ 15 = 24
- 13.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.
- 14.A water tank holds 80 litres when full. It currently contains 60 litres. Work out what fraction of the tank is empty.
- 15.Work out the reciprocal of (2 + 3)
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