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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 shop assistant says that 7.2 × 3.9 = 56.16. Work out an estimate for 7.2 × 3.9, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number, to show that the assistant’s answer cannot be correct.
- 2.A digital timer truncates every time to 1 decimal place. It shows a swimmer's time for one length as 12.3 seconds. Using t for the swimmer's actual time in seconds, write down the error interval for t.
- 3.Simplify x⁵ × x³ ÷ x², giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 4.Work out (−36) ÷ (−6) × 2
- 5.Work out 3 × (−2)² − 5
- 6.A café orders 340 bread rolls at 24p each and 85 cakes at £1.35 each. Work out the total cost of the order.
- 7.A bus leaves the station at 09:47 and arrives at its destination at 11:23. Work out the journey time.
- 8.A quantity surveyor calculates a length as 24.6851 m. Round this length to 2 decimal places.
- 9.Four friends share a restaurant bill of £53.90 equally. A calculator gives each share as 13.475. Work out how much each friend should pay.
- 10.Work out the value of .
- 11.Write 5,000,000 in standard form.
- 12.A shelf is 60 cm long, correct to the nearest 10 cm. Write down the upper bound for the length of the shelf, in centimetres.
- 13.Jack buys 3 books, each costing £4.25, and pays with a £20 note. Work out how much change he receives.
- 14.Write these fractions in order, starting with the smallest: 2/3, 3/5, 5/6, 1/2
- 15.A paint mix is made from white paint and blue paint in the ratio 5 : 3. Priya uses 1.2 litres of blue paint and the matching amount of white paint. Work out the total volume of the mix.
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