Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A charity raises 8 × 10⁶ pounds. This total is shared equally among 2 × 10² local projects. Work out how much each project receives, in standard form.

2.Which of these numbers is the largest: −9, −7, −4, −2?

3.Write 0.005 in standard form.

4.A country has an area of 25,000,000 hectares. Write this area in standard form.

5.A florist has 5 different flowers. Freya picks 3 of them to make a small bunch, and the order in which she picks them does not matter. Work out how many different bunches she could make.

6.Put these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 3/8, 0.4, 0.35

7.3/5 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.

8.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11

9.Sam compares 0.6 and 5/8 by comparing the digit 6 with the digit 5, and says that 0.6 is the larger number. Convert 5/8 to a decimal to find the correct larger value.

10.A bag holds 5 different sweets. Noah takes 2 of the sweets out of the bag together, so the order in which he takes them does not matter. Work out how many different pairs of sweets he could take.

11.In a school long jump competition Priya's jump is recorded as 3.8 m and Nadia's jump is recorded as 3.9 m, each correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Priya says she may have jumped further than Nadia. Decide whether Priya is right, and give a reason for your answer.

12.Write 0.25 as a fraction in its simplest form.

13.Work out 3/4 − 5/12 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.

14.Work out the value of 2⁻⁴

15.A café offers 3 types of soup and 4 types of bread roll. Work out how many different combinations of one soup and one bread roll are possible.