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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.A minibus can carry 16 passengers. A school is taking 179 pupils on a trip. By rounding 179 to the nearest 10, work out an estimate for the number of minibuses needed, given that the school cannot hire part of a minibus.
- 2.A tin of beans has a mass of 650 g. A bag of rice has a mass of 1.35 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.
- 3.Work out 2 3/4 − 1 5/6. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 4.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.
- 5.In a photo album the ratio of colour photos to black-and-white photos is 9 : 4. Work out the number of black-and-white photos as a fraction of the number of colour photos.
- 6.A washing machine costs £320 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. Work out the total price including VAT.
- 7.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5
- 8.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: −1.4, 5/4, −6/5, 1.3, 0
- 9.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled together. One die is red and the other is blue. Work out how many different outcomes are possible.
- 10.Work out 3 + 4 × 2²
- 11.Write 200 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 12.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 13.Postage on a parcel is calculated as £4.60, correct to the nearest 20p. Which of these could not be the actual cost of the postage?
- 14.Write 0.06 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15.A water tank holds 80 litres when full. It currently contains 60 litres. Work out what fraction of the tank is empty.
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