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.Simplify (y³)⁴, giving your answer as a single power of y.
- 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 length, L cm, has the error interval 24.5 ≤ L < 25.5. Write down the degree of accuracy to which the length was measured.
- 4.Ten players enter a chess tournament. Every player plays every other player exactly once. Work out how many games are played in the tournament.
- 5.Work out (−2)² − 3
- 6.A lorry travels 105 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out its average speed in miles per hour.
- 7.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 8.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.
- 9.Which one of these statements is true?
- 10.A restaurant offers a lunch deal of one starter from 5 options, one main from 6 options and one dessert from 3 options. Work out how many different lunch deals are possible.
- 11.Work out 5⁰ + 5¹ + 5²
- 12.Round 0.006852 to 2 significant figures.
- 13.A cheetah runs at a steady speed of 25 metres per second. Work out this speed in kilometres per hour.
- 14.Work out (2/3)² + (1/2)². Give your answer as a fraction.
- 15.Work out 3/7 × 14/9. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
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