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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.Oliver drives 95 km at an average speed of 50 km/h. Work out an estimate for the time the journey takes, by rounding the distance to the nearest 100 km.
- 2.Work out an estimate for 2.9² + 3.1², by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 3.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.
- 4.A charity shop buys a coat for £24 and sells it for a profit that is 3/8 of the buying price. Work out the selling price.
- 5.Write 0.06 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 6.Five different books are placed in a row on a shelf. Work out how many different orders the five books can be placed in.
- 7.Work out √3 × √12, giving your answer as an integer.
- 8.The length of a pencil is 8.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. Using L for the length of the pencil in centimetres, write down the error interval for L.
- 9.Work out (−36) ÷ (−6) × 2
- 10.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)
- 12.n is a whole number and 2 ≤ n < 6. Write down all the possible values of n.
- 13.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 14.Given that 2⁵ = 32, work out 2⁶.
- 15.Two-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8, and each digit may be used only once in a number. Work out how many of these two-digit numbers are even.
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