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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

Maths · GCSE Higher · Number · 15 questions

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1.Work out how many factors 100 has.
(a)8
(b)4
(c)9
(d)10
2.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?
(a)1/3
(b)2/3
(c)1/2
(d)7/12
3.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
(a)183.75 mph
(b)52.5 mph
(c)72.4 mph
(d)60 mph
4.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.
(a)£18
(b)£8
(c)£138
(d)£12
5.A recipe for one cake needs 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Priya has 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Work out how many complete cakes she can make.
(a)5.25
(b)5
(c)6
(d)7
6.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.
(a)£48
(b)£72
(c)£75
(d)£12
7.A cube-shaped storage tank has a volume of 15,625 cubic centimetres. Work out the length of one edge of the tank.
(a)5 cm
(b)50 cm
(c)25 cm
(d)125 cm
8.A car is hired from 10:00 on Monday until 16:00 on Thursday. Work out the total length of the hire, in hours.
(a)54 hours
(b)78 hours
(c)66 hours
(d)96 hours
9.A window display has red baubles, gold baubles and green baubles in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. What fraction of the baubles are not green?
(a)9/10
(b)3/5
(c)4/15
(d)2/5
10.A three-digit code is made using the digits 1, 2 and 3, and each digit may be used more than once. Work out how many different three-digit codes can be made.
(a)9
(b)3
(c)27
(d)6
11.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.
(a)£98
(b)£129
(c)£255.50
(d)£143
12.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.
(a)£27.00
(b)£15.00
(c)£9.00
(d)£33.00
13.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.
(a)11:20
(b)03:00
(c)08:40
(d)11:00
14.Priya has 24 red beads and 36 blue beads. She makes identical bracelets, using every bead and with none left over. Work out the greatest number of bracelets she can make.
(a)6
(b)72
(c)60
(d)12
15.Two-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8, and each digit may be used only once in a number. Work out how many of these two-digit numbers are even.
(a)8
(b)12
(c)6
(d)2

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