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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.A number, x, is truncated (not rounded) to 1 decimal place and the result is 6.2. Write down the error interval for x.
- 2.Work out 6² − 4².
- 3.The number 36 can be written as 2² × 3², and the number 84 can be written as 2² × 3 × 7. Work out the highest common factor of 36 and 84.
- 4.Work out 1 − 1/2 − 1/4 − 1/8 − 1/16. Give your answer as a fraction.
- 5.Work out 2⁵.
- 6.A restaurant offers a lunch deal of one starter from 5 options, one main from 6 options and one dessert from 3 options. Work out how many different lunch deals are possible.
- 7.Which of these numbers lies between −4 and −1 on a number line?
- 8.Work out how many factors 36 has.
- 9.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?
- 10.A school orders 187 packed lunches for a trip. Each packed lunch costs £4.85. The school has £900 to spend. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total cost and decide whether £900 is enough.
- 11.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 7/20, 0.3, 32%
- 12.To estimate the cost of buying 38.7 m of rope at £21.40 per metre, both numbers are first rounded to 1 significant figure. Work out the estimate.
- 13.Write the mixed number 2 1/4 as an improper fraction.
- 14.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
- 15.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
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