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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 rectangular field measures 19.6 m by 48.3 m. Work out an estimate for the area of the field, by rounding each length to 1 significant figure.
- 2.Work out the value of 2⁻²
- 3.Work out the value of 2⁻⁴
- 4.Work out an estimate for 79.3 − 24.6, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 5.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.
- 6.In a youth club the number of girls is 2/3 of the number of boys. What fraction of the members of the club are girls?
- 7.Rice is sold in a 400 g bag for £1.12 and in a 1.5 kg bag for £3.90. Work out how much less the rice in the larger bag costs per kilogram.
- 8.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.
- 9.Nadia has £84. She spends 3/7 of it on a jacket and the rest on a bag. Work out the ratio of the amount spent on the jacket to the amount spent on the bag, in its simplest form.
- 10.The decimal 0.111... has the digit 1 repeating for ever. Write 0.1 recurring as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 11.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.
- 12.Work out the value of (√5)⁴
- 13.Jack buys 3 books, each costing £4.25, and pays with a £20 note. Work out how much change he receives.
- 14.Amelia estimates 48 × 21 by working out 50 × 20 = 1,000. Work out whether her estimate is an under-estimate or an over-estimate, and by how much.
- 15.Work out the reciprocal of (2 + 3)
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