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Number worksheet — GCSE Higher
Fifteen questions across the number statements at Higher 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 Higher
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- 1.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%
- 2.A school council must choose a committee of 3 pupils from 8 volunteers. The three places on the committee are all the same, so only which pupils are chosen matters. Work out how many different committees could be formed.
- 3.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 4.A car travels 180 km using 6 litres of fuel. Work out the car's fuel consumption in kilometres per litre, then work out how many kilometres it can travel on a full tank of 12 litres at this rate.
- 5.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
- 6.Work out (5 × 10⁴) ÷ (2 × 10⁻²). Give your answer in standard form.
- 7.Two fair six-sided dice are rolled together. One die is red and the other is blue. Work out how many different outcomes are possible.
- 8.A netball team has 8 players. Two of them are chosen to be captains, and the two captains have equal standing. Work out how many different pairs of captains could be chosen.
- 9.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.
- 10.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.
- 11.Work out 10% of 30% of £200.
- 12.A crowd of 8,400 people is recorded correct to the nearest 100. Work out the smallest possible number of people in the crowd.
- 13.Work out (6 × 10⁷) + (3 × 10⁶). Give your answer in standard form.
- 14.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 15.Sam rounds 0.070268 to 3 significant figures and writes 0.0703. Which of these statements is correct?
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