Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4

2.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.

3.Write 0.06 as a fraction in its simplest form.

4.In a school long jump competition Priya's jump is recorded as 3.8 m and Nadia's jump is recorded as 3.9 m, each correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Priya says she may have jumped further than Nadia. Decide whether Priya is right, and give a reason for your answer.

5.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.

6.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6

7.Write 12 as a product of its prime factors.

8.A quarter-circle has a radius of 6 cm. Work out the exact perimeter of the quarter-circle, giving your answer in terms of π.

9.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.

10.A rectangular field measures 19.6 m by 48.3 m. Work out an estimate for the area of the field, by rounding each length to 1 significant figure.

11.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.

12.A pizza is cut into 12 equal slices. Ben eats 5 slices and Mia eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza is left, giving your answer in its simplest form?

13.A carpenter has a plank of wood 4.8 m long. She cuts off 3 pieces, each 0.9 m long, to make shelves. Work out the length of wood remaining.

14.Work out 8% of £250.

15.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3, −1, 0, −5