Printable · GCSE Foundation · ages 14-16
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 train journey takes 45 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Using t for the actual time of the journey in minutes, write down the error interval for t.
- 2.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?
- 3.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 4.Work out (−3) × 4 + 10
- 5.A garden path is measured by Jon as 12 m, correct to the nearest metre, and by Mia as 12.6 m, correct to the nearest 0.1 m. Which statement about the two measurements is correct?
- 6.A digital timer truncates every time to 1 decimal place. It shows a swimmer's time for one length as 12.3 seconds. Using t for the swimmer's actual time in seconds, write down the error interval for t.
- 7.Freya types 4² + 3² into her calculator and writes down 49. Work out the correct value of 4² + 3².
- 8.Which of these numbers lies between −8 and −5 on a number line?
- 9.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 10.Work out −6 × (−3).
- 11.Work out 0.6 × 0.04.
- 12.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.
- 13.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
- 14.Work out 5⁰ + 5¹ + 5²
- 15.A bus leaves the station at 09:47 and arrives at its destination at 11:23. Work out the journey time.
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