Printable · GCSE Higher · ages 14-16
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.
Non-calculator
Number worksheet — GCSE Higher
MathsUKwww.geekhero.co.uk
- 1.Work out 1 − 1/2 − 1/4 − 1/8 − 1/16. Give your answer as a fraction.
- 2.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
- 3.Maya buys 4 plants at £3.20 each and a bag of compost for £6.75. She pays with a £20 note. Work out her change.
- 4.At a swimming pool the ratio of adults to children is 3 : 5. Of the children, 2/5 are boys. What fraction of the people at the pool are boys?
- 5.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.
- 6.Find the missing number: 17 × ▢ = 391
- 7.Work out √225 ÷ 3.
- 8.Decide which of 2³⁰ and 3²⁰ is the larger number, and write down the correct statement.
- 9.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.
- 10.4ˣ = 64. Work out the value of x.
- 11.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: 7/8, 0.8, 78%, 17/20
- 12.A cyclist rides at a steady speed of 8 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 13.A number, y, is equal to 8.2 when rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for y.
- 14.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 15.A train journey takes 45 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Using t for the actual time of the journey in minutes, write down the error interval for t.
Build your own mix at the worksheet builder.