Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A restaurant offers a lunch deal of one starter from 5 options, one main from 6 options and one dessert from 3 options. Work out how many different lunch deals are possible.

2.The rainfall in a town during April is recorded as 62.4 mm, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for the actual rainfall, r mm.

3.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.

4.A number, x, is truncated (not rounded) to 1 decimal place and the result is 6.2. Write down the error interval for x.

5.Using only 20p coins and 10p coins, and at least one of each, work out how many different ways there are to make exactly 60p. List the possibilities systematically.

6.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?

7.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.

8.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.

9.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.

10.Find the missing number: ▢ ÷ 15 = 24

11.Bella's electricity supplier charges 28.5p per unit (kWh). Last month she used 340 units. Work out the total cost, giving your answer in pounds.

12.A café offers sandwiches with one filling from 5 choices and one type of bread from 4 choices. Cheese and mustard, which is one of the 5 fillings, is not available on gluten-free bread, which is one of the 4 breads. Work out how many different sandwiches are possible.

13.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?

14.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?

15.In a class, 1/3 of the pupils are girls. There are 12 girls in the class. Work out how many pupils are in the class.