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.Five different books are placed in a row on a shelf. Work out how many different orders the five books can be placed in.
- 2.Work out √144 − 2 × 3 + √25
- 3.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
- 4.Work out ((−3) + 5) × (−4) − (−6) ÷ 2
- 5.√700 lies between which two consecutive integers?
- 6.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.
- 7.The density of a type of plastic is 0.9 g/cm³. Work out this density in kg/m³.
- 8.Two lighthouses flash at the start of the same minute. The first lighthouse flashes every 8 minutes and the second flashes every 12 minutes. Work out how many minutes it will be until they next flash together.
- 9.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.
- 10.A crowd of 8,400 people is recorded correct to the nearest 100. Work out the smallest possible number of people in the crowd.
- 11.Work out an estimate for 588 ÷ 31, by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 12.Work out (−2)² − 3
- 13.A spreadsheet shows that 812 − 397 = 315. Work out an estimate for 812 − 397, by rounding each number to the nearest 100, to check whether the spreadsheet's answer is reasonable.
- 14.Write down the reciprocal of 0.2
- 15.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?
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