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.A cinema has 250 seats. 12% of the seats are reserved. Work out how many of the seats are reserved.
- 2.Five different books are placed in a row on a shelf. Work out how many different orders the five books can be placed in.
- 3.A triangle has a base of 8 cm and a perpendicular height of 5 cm, each correct to the nearest centimetre. Work out the upper bound of the area.
- 4.A photograph uses 4 × 10⁶ bytes of storage. A memory card holds 3.2 × 10¹⁰ bytes. Work out how many of these photographs the card can hold. Give your answer in standard form.
- 5.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 7/20, 0.3, 32%
- 6.A concrete mix is made from cement and sand in the ratio 3 : 5 by mass. A builder mixes 96 kg of concrete. Work out the mass of cement in the mix.
- 7.A country has an area of 25,000,000 hectares. Write this area in standard form.
- 8.A pizza is cut into 12 equal slices. Ben eats 5 slices and Mia eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza is left, giving your answer in its simplest form?
- 9.Simplify x⁷ × x⁴, giving your answer as a single power of x.
- 10.Ten players enter a chess tournament. Every player plays every other player exactly once. Work out how many games are played in the tournament.
- 11.Work out (6 × 10⁷) + (3 × 10⁶). Give your answer in standard form.
- 12.Given that 5³ = 125 and 6³ = 216, use a midpoint test to estimate ∛130 to 1 decimal place.
- 13.Work out 4368 ÷ 12.
- 14.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.
- 15.The number 24 can be written as 2³ × 3, and the number 60 can be written as 2² × 3 × 5. Work out the lowest common multiple of 24 and 60.
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