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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.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.
- 2.Work out the value of 5³.
- 3.The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,000 km. Write this distance in standard form, in kilometres.
- 4.Work out the value of √(16 + 9)
- 5.A student works out the exact area of a circle with radius 4 cm by squaring the radius but forgetting to multiply by π. Work out the correct exact area of the circle, in terms of π.
- 6.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.
- 7.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 8.Josh buys 7 pencils at 85p each. He pays with a £10 note. Work out his change.
- 9.A number is divided by 5, then 6 is subtracted, giving the result −1. Work out the number.
- 10.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
- 11.Which of these decimals lies between 1/4 and 2/5?
- 12.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
- 13.A garden path is measured by Jon as 12 m, correct to the nearest metre, and by Mia as 12.6 m, correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Which statement about the two measurements is correct?
- 14.Write 260,000 in standard form.
- 15.Simplify 3² ÷ 3⁵, giving your answer as a single power of 3.
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