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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.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.
- 2.A café meal deal is one sandwich, one snack and one drink. There are 4 different sandwiches, 3 different snacks and 2 different drinks to choose from. Work out how many different meal deals are possible.
- 3.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: 7/8, 0.8, 78%, 17/20
- 4.A bag holds 5 different sweets. Noah takes 2 of the sweets out of the bag together, so the order in which he takes them does not matter. Work out how many different pairs of sweets he could take.
- 5.A jumper is reduced by 15% in a sale to a price of £42.50. Work out the original price.
- 6.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
- 7.Work out (−3) × 4 + 2 × (−5)
- 8.A semicircle has a diameter of 8 cm. Work out the exact area of the semicircle, in terms of π.
- 9.A rectangular garden has a length of 12.4 m and a width of 7.5 m, each measured correct to 1 decimal place. Calculate the upper bound for the area of the garden.
- 10.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 11.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 12.The decimal 0.272727... repeats the block 27 for ever. Write 0.27 recurring as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 13.Work out an estimate for 79.3 − 24.6, by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
- 14.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
- 15.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)
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