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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.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.
- 2.A charity trek covers 830 miles over roughly 19 days. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the number of miles walked per day.
- 3.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 4.Round 0.006852 to 2 significant figures.
- 5.Write 7/12 as a decimal, showing clearly which digit is recurring.
- 6.Work out 6² − 4².
- 7.A netball team has 8 players. Two of them are chosen to be captains, and the two captains have equal standing. Work out how many different pairs of captains could be chosen.
- 8.Work out the value of .
- 9.Decide which of 2³⁰ and 3²⁰ is the larger number, and write down the correct statement.
- 10.A grain of fine sand has a mass of 0.001 grams. Write this mass in standard form.
- 11.Expand and simplify (2 + √3)², giving your answer in the form a + b√3.
- 12.A shop buys boxes of pens for £4 each. It sells each box on to a school for £3 more than it paid, and charges an extra £2 delivery fee for the whole order. A school orders 5 boxes. Work out the total cost of the order.
- 13.Round 592.5 to the nearest 10.
- 14.A number, x, is truncated (not rounded) to 1 decimal place and the result is 6.2. Write down the error interval for x.
- 15.Simplify (5² × 2³)³ ÷ (5³ × 2²)²
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