Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Work out 35% of 180.

2.At a swimming pool the ratio of adults to children is 3 : 5. Of the children, 2/5 are boys. What fraction of the people at the pool are boys?

3.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.

4.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.

5.A concert hall has 300 seats. 20% of the seats are in the balcony. Work out how many of the seats are in the balcony.

6.A jacket normally costs £65. In a sale it is reduced by 20%, and the shop then takes a further £5 off at the till. Work out the final price.

7.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)

8.A number line runs from 0 to 1 and is divided into 4 equal parts. Which mark on the line represents 1/4?

9.A box holds 140 pens. 25% of the pens are red. Work out how many of the pens are red.

10.Work out an estimate for 588 ÷ 31, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

11.Write down the value of 3⁰

12.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.

13.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.

14.A jug holds 1.25 litres of water. Ella pours in another 400 ml. Work out the total volume, in litres.

15.Work out 2⁵.