Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Write these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 0.7, 3/4, 0.72

2.A gardener has 42 tulip bulbs and 56 daffodil bulbs. She plants them in rows, with every row containing the same number of tulip bulbs and the same number of daffodil bulbs, and no bulbs left over. Work out the greatest number of rows she can plant.

3.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%

4.Jack buys 3 books, each costing £4.25, and pays with a £20 note. Work out how much change he receives.

5.Rice is sold in a 400 g bag for £1.12 and in a 1.5 kg bag for £3.90. Work out how much less the rice in the larger bag costs per kilogram.

6.3/5 of the students in a year group walk to school. 90 students walk to school. Work out the total number of students in the year group.

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

8.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?

9.A roll of ribbon is 8.4 m long. Ribbon is cut into pieces that are each 0.6 m long. Work out how many complete pieces can be cut from the roll.

10.A rectangular plywood panel measures 2.4 m by 0.75 m. Work out the area of the panel in square metres, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

11.Work out (−3) × 4 + 2 × (−5)

12.A recipe states that a cake needs 200 g of flour, correct to the nearest 25 g. Work out the smallest possible mass of flour, in grams, that could actually be used.

13.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.

14.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.

15.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.