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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 student writes 0.08 as the fraction 8/10, reading the 8 as if it stood in the tenths column and ignoring the zero. Work out the correct fraction that 0.08 is equal to, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 2.A circle has a diameter of 10 cm. Work out the exact circumference of the circle, in terms of π.
- 3.A bag holds 50 counters. 2/5 of them are red and the rest are blue. 5 red counters are then taken out of the bag. Work out the new ratio of red counters to blue counters. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 4.In a box of counters the ratio of red counters to blue counters is 4 : 5. What fraction of the counters are blue?
- 5.Work out 2/3 × 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 6.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 7.In a fruit crate the ratio of oranges to lemons is 5 : 6. What fraction of the fruit in the crate are lemons?
- 8.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 9.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.
- 10.A tin of paint has a mass of 5.672 kg. Round this mass to 1 decimal place.
- 11.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 6/11 ___ 4/11
- 12.A piece of ribbon is 2.4 metres long. Kim cuts 40 cm from it. Work out the length of ribbon left, in millimetres.
- 13.Freya types 4² + 3² into her calculator and writes down 49. Work out the correct value of 4² + 3².
- 14.Priya has 24 red beads and 36 blue beads. She makes identical bracelets, using every bead and with none left over. Work out the greatest number of bracelets she can make.
- 15.Work out −6 × (−3).
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