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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.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.
- 2.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.
- 3.A water tank holds 80 litres when full. It currently contains 60 litres. Work out what fraction of the tank is empty.
- 4.Petrol costs £1.48 per litre. Sam buys 35 litres and pays with three £20 notes. Work out his change.
- 5.Five different books are placed in a row on a shelf. Work out how many different orders the five books can be placed in.
- 6.A florist has 5 different flowers. Freya picks 3 of them to make a small bunch, and the order in which she picks them does not matter. Work out how many different bunches she could make.
- 7.The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,000 km. Write this distance in standard form, in kilometres.
- 8.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 9.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.
- 10.The number of visitors to a museum on Saturday is given as 1,800, correct to the nearest 100. Which of these could not be the actual number of visitors?
- 11.A pair of trainers is priced at £80 online. The shop takes 25% off the price and then adds £10 for next-day delivery. Work out the total cost.
- 12.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.
- 13.After a price increase of 10%, a laptop costs £330. Work out the original price.
- 14.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
- 15.A box stands on a table. The box exerts a force of 240 N on the table, and the base of the box has an area of 0.8 m². Work out the pressure the box exerts on the table, in N/m².
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