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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

Maths · GCSE Higher · Number · Non-calculator · 15 questions

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1.Work out 1 1/2 ÷ 3/4 exactly, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)9/8
(b)2/3
(c)2
(d)1/2
2.Find the missing number: 17 × ▢ = 391
(a)23
(b)374
(c)17
(d)6647
3.3/5 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.
(a)54
(b)126
(c)150
(d)30
4.√700 lies between which two consecutive integers?
(a)35 and 36
(b)7 and 8
(c)25 and 26
(d)26 and 27
5.Simplify x⁷ × x⁴, giving your answer as a single power of x.
(a)x¹¹
(b)11x
(c)x³
(d)x²⁸
6.3/5 of a 5/6 litre bottle of juice is poured out. Work out the exact volume poured out, in litres.
(a)1/2
(b)43/30
(c)18/25
(d)25/36
7.A vending machine sells 4 types of crisps, 5 types of chocolate bar and 2 types of drink. Work out how many different combinations of one crisp packet, one chocolate bar and one drink can be bought.
(a)40
(b)11
(c)10
(d)20
8.In a box of chocolates 5/8 are milk chocolates and the rest are dark chocolates. Work out the number of dark chocolates as a fraction of the number of milk chocolates.
(a)8/5
(b)5/3
(c)3/8
(d)3/5
9.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.
(a)200 g
(b)128 g
(c)240 g
(d)40 g
10.Three-digit numbers are made using the digits 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9. No digit may be used twice in the same number. Work out how many of these three-digit numbers are odd.
(a)40
(b)60
(c)72
(d)120
11.Write these decimals in order, starting with the smallest: 0.6, 0.55, 0.601, 0.5, 0.56
(a)0.5, 0.55, 0.56, 0.6, 0.601
(b)0.5, 0.56, 0.55, 0.6, 0.601
(c)0.5, 0.6, 0.55, 0.56, 0.601
(d)0.601, 0.6, 0.56, 0.55, 0.5
12.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
(a)34
(b)37
(c)192
(d)64
13.Write 0.875 as a fraction in its simplest form.
(a)7/8
(b)7/80
(c)9/10
(d)8/7
14.Work out the value of $2^{3} + 3^{2}$ .
(a)17
(b)72
(c)12
(d)−1
15.Write 60 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
(a)2 × 3 × 5
(b)2² × 3 × 5
(c)2 × 3 × 5²
(d)2² × 3² × 5

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