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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.The number of pages in a book is 240, correct to the nearest 10 pages. Write down the error interval for the actual number of pages, n.
- 2.Work out 18 − 4 × 2
- 3.Meera says that 0.7 ÷ 0.1 = 0.07. Work out the correct value of 0.7 ÷ 0.1.
- 4.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 5.Is 120 divisible by 5? Give a reason for your answer.
- 6.Work out 3 + 4 × 2²
- 7.A jug holds 1.25 litres of water. Ella pours in another 400 ml. Work out the total volume, in litres.
- 8.A measuring jug shows a volume of 340 ml, correct to the nearest 20 ml. Work out the smallest possible volume in the jug.
- 9.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.
- 10.Work out (−2/5) × (−10/3). Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 11.Work out an estimate for 89 + 52, by rounding each number to the nearest 10.
- 12.Leah measures the length of her classroom with a tape measure marked in centimetres. She writes the length down as 7.3157 m. Give a reason why this is not an appropriate degree of accuracy.
- 13.A shortbread recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 5 : 2. Yuki changes the recipe by doubling the amount of butter but keeping the amount of flour the same. Work out the fraction of the new mixture that is butter.
- 14.Two lighthouses flash at the start of the same minute. The first lighthouse flashes every 8 minutes and the second flashes every 12 minutes. Work out how many minutes it will be until they next flash together.
- 15.Simplify 5⁻² × 5⁴, giving your answer as a single power of 5.
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