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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.Work out (4 × 10⁻³) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 3.Find the missing number: ▢ ÷ 15 = 24
- 4.A paint mix is made from white paint and blue paint in the ratio 5 : 3. Priya uses 1.2 litres of blue paint and the matching amount of white paint. Work out the total volume of the mix.
- 5.A quiz has 50 questions. Freya answers 10% of them incorrectly. Work out how many questions she answers incorrectly.
- 6.A concert hall has 300 seats. 20% of the seats are in the balcony. Work out how many of the seats are in the balcony.
- 7.Work out the value of 5³.
- 8.The number 36 can be written as 2² × 3², and the number 84 can be written as 2² × 3 × 7. Work out the highest common factor of 36 and 84.
- 9.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 10.A piece of ribbon is 2.4 metres long. Kim cuts 40 cm from it. Work out the length of ribbon left, in millimetres.
- 11.At a book fair the ratio of fiction books to non-fiction books is 4 : 5. Of the non-fiction books, 3/5 are about history. Work out the fraction of all the books at the fair that are history books.
- 12.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
- 13.Work out the value of 2⁻²
- 14.A washing machine costs £320 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. Work out the total price including VAT.
- 15.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
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