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.Work out the value of (1/3)⁻²
- 2.Work out 36 ÷ (2 × 3)
- 3.A train journey takes 45 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes. Using t for the actual time of the journey in minutes, write down the error interval for t.
- 4.A charity raises money from a raffle and a cake sale in the ratio 5 : 3. Altogether the charity raises £320. Work out how much money the cake sale raised.
- 5.A rope is measured as 15 m, correct to the nearest metre. Write down the error interval for the true length, l, of the rope.
- 6.Work out 35% of 180.
- 7.A number, n, is a multiple of both 6 and 9. Work out the smallest possible value of n that is greater than 20.
- 8.Work out (4 × 10³) × (3 × 10¹). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
- 10.Round 0.006482 to 2 significant figures.
- 11.Which one of these statements is true?
- 12.The recurring decimal 0.181818... can be written as 0.18 recurring, where both digits repeat forever. Let x = 0.18 recurring. Work out x as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 13.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 14.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 15.The thickness of a sheet of card is 0.02384 cm. Write this thickness correct to 2 significant figures.
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