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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.

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Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · 15 questions

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1.Work out ∛(−27) + ∛8
(a)5
(b)−5
(c)−1
(d)−6
2.The attendance at a football match is 23,000, correct to the nearest thousand. Which of these attendances is not possible for the match?
(a)23,499
(b)22,500
(c)23,000
(d)23,600
3.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.
(a)7
(b)3
(c)1
(d)6
4.Work out ∛64.
(a)21.3
(b)4
(c)192
(d)8
5.Grace drinks 1/3 of a bottle of water in the morning and another 1/3 of the same bottle in the afternoon. Work out what fraction of the bottle she has drunk altogether.
(a)2/6
(b)2/9
(c)2/3
(d)1/9
6.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.
(a)141
(b)130
(c)150
(d)140
7.Work out 6² − 4².
(a)2
(b)52
(c)20
(d)4
8.Work out 18 − 4 × 2
(a)12
(b)−10
(c)10
(d)28
9.Work out an estimate for 79.3 − 24.6, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
(a)55
(b)54
(c)59
(d)54.7
10.A weather app records the temperature at three points in one day: 6 °C at noon, −2 °C at midnight, and −7 °C just before dawn. Work out the difference between the highest and lowest of these three temperatures.
(a)13 °C
(b)5 °C
(c)−1 °C
(d)8 °C
11.A train journey takes 45 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Using t for the actual time of the journey in minutes, write down the error interval for t.
(a)42.5 ≤ t < 47.5
(b)40 ≤ t < 50
(c)42.5 ≤ t ≤ 47.5
(d)44.5 ≤ t < 45.5
12.After a price increase of 10%, a laptop costs £330. Work out the original price.
(a)£3,300
(b)£300
(c)£363
(d)£297
13.A number is multiplied by 4, then 8 is added, giving the result 40. Work out the number.
(a)8
(b)128
(c)2
(d)12
14.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.
(a)2
(b)3
(c)4
(d)6
15.Work out (−6) + (−4) × 3
(a)−30
(b)−18
(c)18
(d)6

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