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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.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.
- 2.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.
- 3.Work out 2/3 × 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 4.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 5.Work out ∛64.
- 6.Amelia eats 5/8 of a bar of chocolate and Oliver eats 3/4 of an identical bar. Write both amounts as eighths and write down the greater of the two fractions.
- 7.A fabric is dyed blue and yellow in the ratio 3 : 5. A tailor uses 1.5 m of blue fabric and the matching amount of yellow fabric needed for the ratio. Work out the total length of fabric used.
- 8.Write 0.00072 in standard form.
- 9.Work out 5 + 3 × (9 − 6)
- 10.Work out an estimate for 37 × 84, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 11.Work out an estimate for 312 × 19, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 12.Work out an estimate for 6.4 × 3.9, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 13.A tin of paint has a mass of 5.672 kg. Round this mass to 1 decimal place.
- 14.A garden path is measured by Jon as 12 m, correct to the nearest metre, and by Mia as 12.6 m, correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Which statement about the two measurements is correct?
- 15.The highest common factor of two numbers is 4 and their lowest common multiple is 60. One of the numbers is 20. Work out the other number.
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