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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 washing machine costs £320 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. Work out the total price including VAT.
- 2.In a fruit basket the ratio of bananas to oranges is 2 : 5. What fraction of the fruit are oranges?
- 3.A box holds 140 pens. 25% of the pens are red. Work out how many of the pens are red.
- 4.Four weather stations each recorded their lowest overnight temperature. Which of these readings is the lowest?
- 5.Work out 3π − π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.
- 6.A jug holds 1.25 litres of water. Ella pours in another 400 ml. Work out the total volume, in litres.
- 7.A train leaves Leeds at 14:35. The journey takes 1 hour 50 minutes. Work out the time the train arrives. Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
- 8.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 9.A vending machine sells 4 types of crisps, 5 types of chocolate bar and 2 types of drink. Work out how many different combinations of one crisp packet, one chocolate bar and one drink can be bought.
- 10.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 11.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 5, −8, 0, −3, 2
- 12.By listing systematically, work out how many two-digit multiples of 5 can be made using the digits 0, 3 and 5, if each digit can be used at most once and the number cannot start with 0.
- 13.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.
- 14.Insert one pair of brackets into 2 + 3 × 5 − 1 so that the calculation is equal to 24. Which calculation is correct?
- 15.Round 24,681 to the nearest 1,000.
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