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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 (3 × 5)²
(a)225
(b)30
(c)75
(d)34
2.Write 0.0038 in standard form.
(a)3.8 × 10⁻³
(b)38 × 10⁻⁴
(c)3.8 × 10⁻⁴
(d)3.8 × 10³
3.Work out 2⁵.
(a)10
(b)16
(c)32
(d)25
4.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?
(a)2/3
(b)2/5
(c)1/3
(d)3/5
5.A number is multiplied by 4, then 8 is added, giving the result 40. Work out the number.
(a)8
(b)128
(c)2
(d)12
6.A market trader buys 8 melons at £1.35 each. He sells all of them for a total of £15.60. Work out his profit.
(a)£4.80
(b)£26.40
(c)£14.25
(d)£5.20
7.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
(a)75
(b)5
(c)15
(d)3
8.Rice is sold in a 400 g bag for £1.12 and in a 1.5 kg bag for £3.90. Work out how much less the rice in the larger bag costs per kilogram.
(a)£2.78
(b)£2.60
(c)20p
(d)2p
9.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.
(a)33
(b)31
(c)36
(d)34
10.Work out how many factors 100 has.
(a)8
(b)4
(c)9
(d)10
11.Work out (−2)² − 3
(a)−7
(b)1
(c)25
(d)−1
12.Write the fraction 47/50 as a decimal.
(a)0.094
(b)4.7
(c)0.94
(d)0.47
13.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.
(a)£15
(b)£45
(c)£20
(d)£90
14.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: −0.6, 0.45, −0.15, 0.5, −0.09
(a)−0.6, −0.15, −0.09, 0.45, 0.5
(b)0.5, 0.45, −0.6, −0.15, −0.09
(c)0.5, 0.45, −0.09, −0.15, −0.6
(d)0.5, 0.45, −0.15, −0.09, −0.6
15.Work out 3 × (−2)² − 5
(a)7
(b)−3
(c)31
(d)−17

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