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
MathsUKwww.geekhero.co.uk
- 1.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 2.A choir has sopranos, altos and tenors in the ratio 6 : 4 : 5. What fraction of the choir is not tenors?
- 3.Work out −6 × (−3).
- 4.A fruit bowl contains apples, pears and plums in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are not plums?
- 5.Work out 15% of £40, using 10% and 5%.
- 6.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 7.Round 0.006852 to 2 significant figures.
- 8.Simplify 2³ × 2⁴, giving your answer as a single power of 2.
- 9.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 10.Work out the highest common factor of 20 and 32.
- 11.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.
- 12.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).
- 13.In a school, 3/5 of the students study French. Of these students, 2/3 also study Spanish. What fraction of all the students study both French and Spanish?
- 14.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.
- 15.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.
Build your own mix at the worksheet builder.