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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.

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Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Number · 15 questions

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1.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.
(a)33
(b)31
(c)36
(d)34
2.Write 5,000,000 in standard form.
(a)50 × 10⁵
(b)5 × 10⁷
(c)5 × 10⁶
(d)5 × 10⁻⁶
3.Work out 4π + 2π, giving your answer as a multiple of π.
(a)6
(b)8π
(c)6π²
(d)6π
4.Work out 2⁵.
(a)10
(b)16
(c)32
(d)25
5.Work out √(4 × 9)
(a)5
(b)18
(c)36
(d)6
6.Round 3.947 to 2 decimal places.
(a)4.0
(b)3.94
(c)3.95
(d)3.9
7.Find the missing number: ▢ ÷ 15 = 24
(a)360
(b)39
(c)9
(d)1.6
8.A sponsored walk raised £350 for charity. 20% of the money raised is spent on equipment. Work out how much is spent on equipment.
(a)£35
(b)£280
(c)£70
(d)£17.50
9.Work out the value of 2⁻⁴
(a)16
(b)−16
(c)1/8
(d)1/16
10.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
(a)34
(b)37
(c)192
(d)64
11.Work out √144
(a)72
(b)36
(c)12
(d)14
12.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.
(a)40
(b)11
(c)10
(d)20
13.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).
(a)−8
(b)−5
(c)−14
(d)11
14.Grace drinks 1/3 of a bottle of water in the morning and another 1/3 of the same bottle in the afternoon. Work out what fraction of the bottle she has drunk altogether.
(a)2/6
(b)2/9
(c)2/3
(d)1/9
15.On one night in Manchester the temperature at 3 am was 8 °C below zero and at 9 am it was 3 °C below zero. Write down the warmer of the two readings.
(a)−3 °C
(b)3 °C
(c)5 °C
(d)−8 °C

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