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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.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −9 ___ −4
- 2.Work out (−36) ÷ (−6) × 2
- 3.Round 6.283 to 1 significant figure.
- 4.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 5.In a classroom the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4. What fraction of the class are boys?
- 6.Work out 3π − π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.
- 7.A red blood cell has a diameter of about 7 × 10⁻⁶ metres. A virus has a diameter about 100 times smaller. Work out the diameter of the virus. Give your answer in standard form.
- 8.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%
- 9.Put these three numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 3/8, 0.4, 0.35
- 10.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.
- 11.Four locations each record a temperature one winter morning. Which of these temperatures is the coldest?
- 12.A crowd of 8,400 people is recorded correct to the nearest 100. Work out the smallest possible number of people in the crowd.
- 13.In a choir, 2/9 of the members are boys and the rest are girls. Write down the ratio of girls to boys, in its simplest form.
- 14.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.
- 15.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
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