Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: 3/10 ___ 0.3

2.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.

3.Work out an estimate for 397 ÷ 21, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

4.Last year a company made a profit of £5,200,000. Write this amount in standard form.

5.A jug holds 3 1/3 litres of juice. Each glass holds 2/3 of a litre. Work out how many glasses can be filled from the jug.

6.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.

7.A quantity surveyor calculates a length as 24.6851 m. Round this length to 2 decimal places.

8.Work out 8% of £250.

9.A student works out the exact area of a circle with radius 4 cm by squaring the radius but forgetting to multiply by π. Work out the correct exact area of the circle, in terms of π.

10.Ava measures a metal rod and records its length as 15 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre. Ben measures the same rod and records its length as 14.8 cm, correct to the nearest 0.1 cm. Decide whether both records can be correct, and give a reason for your answer.

11.Sara has a red T-shirt, a blue T-shirt and a green T-shirt. She has black shorts and grey shorts. By listing the combinations systematically, work out how many different outfits of one T-shirt and one pair of shorts she can make.

12.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.

13.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.

14.Work out 3/7 × 14/9. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

15.A rectangular field measures 19.6 m by 48.3 m. Work out an estimate for the area of the field, by rounding each length to 1 significant figure.