Printable · GCSE Foundation · ages 14-16
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 −4.5 + 2.8.
- 2.A digital timer truncates every time to 1 decimal place. It shows a swimmer's time for one length as 12.3 seconds. Using t for the swimmer's actual time in seconds, write down the error interval for t.
- 3.Simplify x⁷ × x⁴, giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 4.A quantity surveyor calculates a length as 24.6851 m. Round this length to 2 decimal places.
- 5.In a car park the ratio of vans to cars is 2 : 7. Work out the number of vans as a fraction of the number of cars.
- 6.In a fruit crate the ratio of oranges to lemons is 5 : 6. What fraction of the fruit in the crate are lemons?
- 7.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 8.In the number 3.472, work out the value of the digit 7.
- 9.Oliver uses his calculator to work out 25% of 80 and writes down 320. Without using a calculator, work out the correct value of 25% of 80.
- 10.Grace buys three items costing £9.95, £19.90 and £4.99. Work out an estimate for the total cost, by rounding each price to the nearest pound.
- 11.Work out the value of .
- 12.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 13.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2
- 14.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.
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