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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.Simplify x⁶ ÷ x²
- 2.A cube-shaped storage tank has a volume of 15,625 cubic centimetres. Work out the length of one edge of the tank.
- 3.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 4.A minibus can carry 16 passengers. A school is taking 179 pupils on a trip. By rounding 179 to the nearest 10, work out an estimate for the number of minibuses needed, given that the school cannot hire part of a minibus.
- 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.A red blood cell has a diameter of about 7 × 10⁻⁶ metres. A virus has a diameter about 100 times smaller. Work out the diameter of the virus. Give your answer in standard form.
- 7.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 8.Work out the value of 6² − 4³.
- 9.Simplify 3² ÷ 3⁵, giving your answer as a single power of 3.
- 10.A pack contains 20 stickers. Noah gives 1/5 of the pack to his sister. Work out how many stickers he gives away.
- 11.Which of these is equal to 5³?
- 12.A train leaves Leeds at 14:35. The journey takes 1 hour 50 minutes. Work out the time the train arrives. Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
- 13.n is a whole number and 2 ≤ n < 6. Write down all the possible values of n.
- 14.A box holds 140 pens. 25% of the pens are red. Work out how many of the pens are red.
- 15.A cycle route is 350 m long. A footpath runs alongside it for 3/7 of that length. Work out the length of the footpath.
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