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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 the highest common factor of 20 and 32.
- 2.Write 12 as a product of its prime factors.
- 3.A box holds 140 pens. 25% of the pens are red. Work out how many of the pens are red.
- 4.Write 0.0038 in standard form.
- 5.A roll of ribbon is 8.4 m long. Ribbon is cut into pieces that are each 0.6 m long. Work out how many complete pieces can be cut from the roll.
- 6.A number is multiplied by 4, then 8 is added, giving the result 40. Work out the number.
- 7.Amelia estimates 48 × 21 by working out 50 × 20 = 1,000. Work out whether her estimate is an under-estimate or an over-estimate, and by how much.
- 8.A grain of fine sand has a mass of 0.001 grams. Write this mass in standard form.
- 9.Work out √144
- 10.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 11.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 12.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
- 13.An allotment is divided into two plots in the ratio 2:3. The larger plot has an area of 18 m². Work out the fraction of the total area taken up by the smaller plot.
- 14.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 15.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.
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