Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.

2.Write 0.0038 in standard form.

3.Four weather stations each recorded their lowest overnight temperature. Which of these readings is the lowest?

4.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.

5.Work out 2/5 of 45.

6.A number, n, is equal to 3.7 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for n.

7.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 7/20, 0.3, 32%

8.Work out 8% of £250.

9.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5

10.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.

11.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.

12.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%

13.Which of these numbers is a common factor of 18 and 24?

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.A train journey takes 45 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Using t for the actual time of the journey in minutes, write down the error interval for t.