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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.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 2.A number line runs from 0 to 1 and is divided into 4 equal parts. Which mark on the line represents 1/4?
- 3.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 4.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?
- 5.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 6.A tank contains 120 litres of water. Water is drained out at a rate of 8 litres per minute for 6 minutes, and then a hose adds 15 litres. Work out how much water is left in the tank.
- 7.Is 120 divisible by 5? Give a reason for your answer.
- 8.During one night on a mountain, four hikers each recorded the temperature they felt: Ben −6 °C, Priya −2 °C, Sam −9 °C, Alex 1 °C. Work out the difference between the coldest and the warmest of these four temperatures.
- 9.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.
- 10.Work out 3π − π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.
- 11.A garden has flowers, herbs and vegetables in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What fraction of the garden is not vegetables?
- 12.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.
- 13.A company sells 4 × 10³ items per day, each priced at £2.50. It operates for 3 × 10² days a year. Work out the company's total revenue for the year. Give your answer in standard form.
- 14.A quantity surveyor calculates a length as 24.6851 m. Round this length to 2 decimal places.
- 15.A circle has a diameter of 10 cm. Work out the exact circumference of the circle, in terms of π.
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