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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.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 2.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 3.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 5, −8, 0, −3, 2
- 4.The number 36 can be written as 2² × 3², and the number 84 can be written as 2² × 3 × 7. Work out the highest common factor of 36 and 84.
- 5.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
- 6.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled and their scores are added together. By listing the possible totals systematically, work out how many different totals are possible.
- 7.Write 200 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 8.Work out an estimate for 113 + 491, by rounding each number to the nearest 100.
- 9.A recipe states that a cake needs 200 g of flour, correct to the nearest 25 g. Work out the smallest possible mass of flour, in grams, that could actually be used.
- 10.A jug holds 1.8 litres of juice. Priya pours out 3/4 of a litre to fill a glass. Work out how much juice is left in the jug, in millilitres.
- 11.Work out the value of 2⁻⁴
- 12.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.
- 13.Work out the value of .
- 14.After a price increase of 10%, a laptop costs £330. Work out the original price.
- 15.Work out 3/7 × 14/9. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
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