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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.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 0.45 ___ 0.5
- 2.Work out ((−3) + 5) × (−4) − (−6) ÷ 2
- 3.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.
- 4.Work out (4 × 10³) × (3 × 10¹). Give your answer in standard form.
- 5.A pack contains 20 stickers. Noah gives 1/5 of the pack to his sister. Work out how many stickers he gives away.
- 6.Simplify x⁷ × x⁴, giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 7.The rainfall in a town during April is recorded as 62.4 mm, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for the actual rainfall, r mm.
- 8.A quiz has 50 questions. Freya answers 10% of them incorrectly. Work out how many questions she answers incorrectly.
- 9.A circle has a diameter of 10 cm. Work out the exact circumference of the circle, in terms of π.
- 10.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
- 11.Write 60 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 12.Work out how many factors 100 has.
- 13.Sam rounds 0.070268 to 3 significant figures and writes 0.0703. Which of these statements is correct?
- 14.Amelia estimates 48 × 21 by working out 50 × 20 = 1,000. Work out whether her estimate is an under-estimate or an over-estimate, and by how much.
- 15.Which of these is equal to 5³?
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