Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A box stands on a table. The box exerts a force of 240 N on the table, and the base of the box has an area of 0.8 m². Work out the pressure the box exerts on the table, in N/m².

2.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)

3.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?

4.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.

5.Priya adds 3.6 and 0.45 on paper and writes down 3.65 as her answer. Work out the correct value of 3.6 + 0.45.

6.A tap fills a 20 litre bucket in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Work out the rate of flow, in litres per minute.

7.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.

8.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.

9.Write down the decimal that is equal to 3/5.

10.Which of these numbers lies between −4 and −1 on a number line?

11.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.

12.A tin of beans has a mass of 650 g. A bag of rice has a mass of 1.35 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.

13.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.

14.A country's population is 8,340,000, and it is estimated that 1,950,000 of them live in the capital city. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of people who do not live in the capital city.

15.A number is divided by 5, then 6 is subtracted, giving the result −1. Work out the number.