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.
Number worksheet — GCSE Higher
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- 1.Write down the symbol that makes this statement true: −2/3 ___ −5/6
- 2.A plumber charges a call-out fee of £45 and then £28 for each hour she works. She is at a house from 09:15 until 12:45. Work out the total charge.
- 3.Write 60 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 4.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
- 5.Work out 5⁰ + 5¹ + 5²
- 6.A 3-character PIN starts with one letter chosen from A, B, C, D and E, followed by two different digits chosen from 1 to 9 (no digit may be used twice in the same PIN). Work out how many different PINs are possible.
- 7.Write these decimals in order, starting with the smallest: 0.6, 0.55, 0.601, 0.5, 0.56
- 8.Work out −(−3)⁴ + (−3)³
- 9.Simplify 2³ × 2⁴, giving your answer as a single power of 2.
- 10.Work out 3 + 4 × (−2).
- 11.The thickness of a sheet of card is 0.02384 cm. Write this thickness correct to 2 significant figures.
- 12.A charity bake sale sells 187 cakes at £2.95 each. By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the total amount raised.
- 13.Work out (5 × 10⁴) ÷ (2 × 10⁻²). Give your answer in standard form.
- 14.A car travels 100 km, correct to the nearest km, in a time of 2 hours, correct to the nearest 0.1 hour. Work out the average speed, in km/h, to the greatest degree of accuracy the bounds can guarantee.
- 15.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
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