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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.Jack buys 3 books, each costing £4.25, and pays with a £20 note. Work out how much change he receives.
- 2.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.
- 3.Which of these statements about −0.7 and −0.25 is true?
- 4.A measuring jug shows a volume of 340 ml, correct to the nearest 20 ml. Work out the smallest possible volume in the jug.
- 5.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 6.An allotment plot is divided into vegetables and flowers in the ratio 9 : 4. A third of the vegetable section is used for potatoes. What fraction of the whole plot is potatoes?
- 7.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.
- 8.Work out the value of .
- 9.A number, n, is a multiple of both 6 and 9. Work out the smallest possible value of n that is greater than 20.
- 10.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.
- 11.On a number line, point A is at −1. Point B is 4 units from point A. Write down the two possible positions of point B.
- 12.Work out the exact value of √(2² + 3²)
- 13.A quarter-circle has a radius of 6 cm. Work out the exact perimeter of the quarter-circle, giving your answer in terms of π.
- 14.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: −1.4, 5/4, −6/5, 1.3, 0
- 15.Five different books are placed in a row on a shelf. Work out how many different orders the five books can be placed in.
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