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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.
Number worksheet — GCSE Higher
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- 1.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
- 2.A carton of orange juice holds 1.35 litres. Ruby pours the juice equally into 4 identical glasses. Work out how much juice is in each glass, giving your answer as a fraction of a litre in its simplest form.
- 3.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.
- 4.Work out how many factors 100 has.
- 5.Work out the value of 2⁻²
- 6.Estimate the value of √45, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 7.√700 lies between which two consecutive integers?
- 8.The decimal 0.2333... has one non-recurring digit (the 2) followed by a single recurring digit (the 3), so it can be written as 0.2 recurring 3. Let x = 0.2333... . Work out x as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 9.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 10.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.
- 11.To estimate the cost of buying 38.7 m of rope at £21.40 per metre, both numbers are first rounded to 1 significant figure. Work out the estimate.
- 12.A school council must choose a committee of 3 pupils from 8 volunteers. The three places on the committee are all the same, so only which pupils are chosen matters. Work out how many different committees could be formed.
- 13.A square petri dish has an area of 121 mm². A scientist wants to know its side length. Work out the side length of the dish.
- 14.Work out the value of √(16 + 9)
- 15.Work out how many factors 36 has.
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