Printable · GCSE Foundation · ages 14-16
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 speed camera measures a car's speed as 34 mph, correct to the nearest mph. Work out the smallest possible actual speed of the car, in mph.
- 2.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled together. One die is red and the other is blue. Work out how many different outcomes are possible.
- 3.Work out the value of ∛125.
- 4.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.
- 5.Work out −7 − (−3).
- 6.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
- 7.Round 6.283 to 1 significant figure.
- 8.On one night in Manchester the temperature at 3 am was 8 °C below zero and at 9 am it was 3 °C below zero. Write down the warmer of the two readings.
- 9.Simplify x⁶ ÷ x²
- 10.Simplify x⁵ × x³ ÷ x², giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 11.Work out ⁴√16
- 12.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 13.Work out 2⁵.
- 14.Work out an estimate for 79.3 − 24.6, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 15.A charity bake sale sells 187 cakes at £2.95 each. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total amount raised.
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