Number worksheet — GCSE Higher

1.Work out −4.5 + 2.8.

2.Work out 10% of 30% of £200.

3.Work out (−2/5) × (−10/3). Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

4.Work out 35% of 180.

5.A charity raffle sells 240 tickets at £1.85 each. 40% of the money raised is given to a local hospital. Work out how much money the hospital receives.

6.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.

7.A florist has 60 red roses and 84 white roses. She wants to make identical bunches using all the flowers, with the greatest possible number of bunches. Work out how many red roses will be in each bunch.

8.A pair of trainers is priced at £80 online. The shop takes 25% off the price and then adds £10 for next-day delivery. Work out the total cost.

9.A restaurant adds a service charge of 15% to a bill of £120. Work out the service charge.

10.Write 200 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.

11.Which of these numbers rounds to 0.048 when rounded to 2 significant figures?

12.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.

13.Bella's electricity supplier charges 28.5p per unit (kWh). Last month she used 340 units. Work out the total cost, giving your answer in pounds.

14.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.

15.A recipe uses 160 g of flour. Sam wants to increase the amount by 1/4. Work out the new amount of flour.