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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.Find the missing number: 17 × ▢ = 391
- 2.A shop assistant says that 7.2 × 3.9 = 56.16. Work out an estimate for 7.2 × 3.9, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number, to show that the assistant’s answer cannot be correct.
- 3.Simplify √45.
- 4.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 5.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 6.Write 60 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 7.Round 0.006852 to 2 significant figures.
- 8.Two lighthouses flash at the start of the same minute. The first lighthouse flashes every 8 minutes and the second flashes every 12 minutes. Work out how many minutes it will be until they next flash together.
- 9.In a music collection, the ratio of pop albums to rock albums is 5 : 3. Work out the number of rock albums as a fraction of the number of pop albums.
- 10.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
- 11.4ˣ = 64. Work out the value of x.
- 12.Work out (4 × 10⁻³) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 13.Write 0.36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 14.Write 0.325 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15.The highest common factor of two numbers is 4 and their lowest common multiple is 60. One of the numbers is 20. Work out the other number.
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