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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.

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Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · 15 questions

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1.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
(a)6 × 10¹
(b)6 × 10¹²
(c)5 × 10⁷
(d)6 × 10⁷
2.Work out 250 ÷ 1000.
(a)25
(b)0.025
(c)2.5
(d)0.25
3.Two-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8, and each digit may be used only once in a number. Work out how many of these two-digit numbers are even.
(a)8
(b)12
(c)6
(d)2
4.Work out 3³ + 2⁴.
(a)35
(b)25
(c)43
(d)432
5.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
(a)22 mm
(b)242 mm
(c)60.5 mm
(d)11 mm
6.Which of these units would be most appropriate to use when stating the mass of a small car?
(a)Kilograms
(b)Litres
(c)Grams
(d)Metres
7.In a fruit basket the ratio of bananas to oranges is 2 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are oranges?
(a)2/7
(b)7/5
(c)5/2
(d)5/7
8.Write the fraction 9/25 as a decimal.
(a)0.9
(b)2.8
(c)0.36
(d)0.925
9.Work out ∛64.
(a)21.3
(b)4
(c)192
(d)8
10.Which of these decimals lies between 1/4 and 2/5?
(a)0.45
(b)0.2
(c)0.5
(d)0.3
11.Work out 1 − 1/2 − 1/4 − 1/8 − 1/16. Give your answer as a fraction.
(a)1/16
(b)1/8
(c)15/16
(d)3/16
12.Work out the highest common factor of 20 and 32.
(a)8
(b)4
(c)2
(d)160
13.Work out (−2/5) × (−10/3). Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
(a)−56/15
(b)3/25
(c)−4/3
(d)4/3
14.Freya types 4² + 3² into her calculator and writes down 49. Work out the correct value of 4² + 3².
(a)14
(b)25
(c)49
(d)12
15.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
(a)36/10
(b)9/25
(c)9/50
(d)3/10

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