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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.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.
- 2.Without using a calculator, estimate √20 × √12, giving your answer to the nearest whole number.
- 3.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
- 4.Work out the value of (1/3)⁻²
- 5.Work out 4368 ÷ 12.
- 6.Insert one pair of brackets into 2 + 3 × 5 − 1 so that the calculation is equal to 24. Which calculation is correct?
- 7.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 8.After a price increase of 10%, a laptop costs £330. Work out the original price.
- 9.Write these numbers in order, starting with the largest: 7/8, 0.8, 78%, 17/20
- 10.The number of visitors to a museum on Saturday is given as 1,800, correct to the nearest 100. Which of these could not be the actual number of visitors?
- 11.Work out the value of .
- 12.A recipe uses 0.625 kg of flour. Write this mass as a fraction of a kilogram, in its simplest form.
- 13.A quantity surveyor calculates a length as 24.6851 m. Round this length to 2 decimal places.
- 14.A jacket normally costs £65. In a sale it is reduced by 20%, and the shop then takes a further £5 off at the till. Work out the final price.
- 15.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.
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