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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.A speed camera measures a car's speed as 34 mph, correct to the nearest mph. Work out the smallest possible actual speed of the car, in mph.
(a)33.5 mph
(b)33 mph
(c)34.5 mph
(d)34 mph
2.Work out (5 + 2) × 3²
(a)147
(b)63
(c)23
(d)441
3.Round 24,681 to the nearest 1,000.
(a)24,700
(b)24,000
(c)20,000
(d)25,000
4.The number of visitors to a museum on Saturday is given as 1,800, correct to the nearest 100. Which of these could not be the actual number of visitors?
(a)1,850
(b)1,799
(c)1,760
(d)1,750
5.A market trader buys 8 melons at £1.35 each. He sells all of them for a total of £15.60. Work out his profit.
(a)£4.80
(b)£26.40
(c)£14.25
(d)£5.20
6.Write the fraction 3/4 as a decimal.
(a)0.7
(b)0.34
(c)0.75
(d)0.25
7.Two-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8, and each digit may be used only once in a number. Work out how many of these two-digit numbers are even.
(a)8
(b)12
(c)6
(d)2
8.Freya uses her calculator to work out 7² and writes down 14. Work out the correct value of 7².
(a)49
(b)14
(c)9
(d)77
9.Work out the value of 2⁻²
(a)4
(b)−4
(c)1/4
(d)−1/4
10.Work out the value of $2^{3} + 3^{2}$ .
(a)17
(b)72
(c)12
(d)−1
11.Work out 6² − 4².
(a)2
(b)52
(c)20
(d)4
12.Two allotments are combined. Allotment A grows vegetables and flowers in the ratio 3 : 2, and has 20 plots in total. Allotment B grows vegetables and flowers in the ratio 1 : 4, and has 20 plots in total. Work out the fraction of all the plots, in both allotments combined, that grow vegetables.
(a)2/5
(b)3/5
(c)3/10
(d)1/5
13.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).
(a)−8
(b)−5
(c)−14
(d)11
14.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?
(a)0.0485
(b)0.052
(c)0.0479
(d)0.04
15.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.
(a)33
(b)31
(c)36
(d)34

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