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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.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
- 2.A charity trek covers 830 miles over roughly 19 days. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of miles walked per day.
- 3.A number, y, is equal to 8.2 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for y.
- 4.3/5 of the students in a year group walk to school. 90 students walk to school. Work out the total number of students in the year group.
- 5.A plank of wood is 5 1/4 m long. Pieces of length 3/4 m are cut from it. Work out how many complete pieces of 3/4 m can be cut from the plank.
- 6.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%
- 7.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
- 8.A water tank holds 80 litres when full. It currently contains 60 litres. Work out what fraction of the tank is empty.
- 9.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.
- 10.A charity raffle sells 240 tickets at £1.85 each. 40% of the money raised is given to a local hospital. Work out how much money the hospital receives.
- 11.A washing machine costs £320 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. Work out the total price including VAT.
- 12.Work out the value of .
- 13.Rice is sold in a 400 g bag for £1.12 and in a 1.5 kg bag for £3.90. Work out how much less the rice in the larger bag costs per kilogram.
- 14.Work out (6 × 10⁷) + (3 × 10⁶). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15.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.
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