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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.Work out an estimate for 6.8 × 41, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 2.A concrete mix is made from cement and sand in the ratio 3 : 5 by mass. A builder mixes 96 kg of concrete. Work out the mass of cement in the mix.
- 3.A circle has a radius of 5 cm. Work out the exact circumference of the circle, in terms of π.
- 4.Write the fraction 47/50 as a decimal.
- 5.A piece of ribbon is 2.4 metres long. Kim cuts 40 cm from it. Work out the length of ribbon left, in millimetres.
- 6.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
- 7.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?
- 8.A florist has 60 red roses and 84 white roses. She wants to make identical bunches using all the flowers, with the greatest possible number of bunches. Work out how many red roses will be in each bunch.
- 9.A jar of jam costs £2.35. Tom buys 3 jars. He says the total cost is more than £7. Work out the exact total cost, and state whether Tom's claim is correct.
- 10.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.
- 11.Write 90 as a product of its prime factors.
- 12.Work out 5⁰ + 5¹ + 5²
- 13.Work out (−2)³ + (−3)² − (−4)
- 14.At midday the temperature in the Lake District was 3 °C. By midnight it had fallen to −6 °C. Work out the fall in temperature.
- 15.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.
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