Number Operations (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Foundation): Exam Questions

Given that  $297\times 45=13365$

Write down the value of  $2.97\times 4.5$

There are 2 boys (Abel and Ben) and 3 girls (Annabeth, Barbara and Caitlin) in a group.

List the different ways that 1 boy and 1 girl can be chosen from the group.

Caoimhe decides to spend her pocket money on 

• one toy costing £2.35

• two packets of sweets costing 68p each

• and four identical marbles

Caoimhe pays with a £5 note and receives 25p in change.

How much does each marble cost?

Insert one pair of brackets into this statement to make it correct.

7   ×   5   –   2   +   3   =   42

Put one pair of brackets into the calculation to make it correct.

8  +  6  -  2  $\times$  5  =  28

Put one pair of brackets into the calculation to make it correct.

8  +  6  -  2  $\times$ 5  =  60

Insert one pair of brackets to make this statement correct.

$4\times 6-2+1=17$

Subtract 123 from 1 million.

Subtract 9 from 2.

i) Two numbers are added together to give the number in the box immediately above.

Complete the diagram.

[2]

ii) Two numbers are multiplied together to give the number in the box immediately above.

Complete the diagram.

[3]

Insert one pair of brackets to make this statement correct.

$3+2\times 12-4=19$

To print 40 pages, Amina needs:

• 200 grams of A4 paper

• 120 ml of ink

Amina wants to print 120 pages.

She has 300 ml of ink.

Does Amina have enough ink to print 120 pages?

You must show how you get your answer.

Work out $8.3\times 5.7$

Calculate

$0.036÷60$

Calculate

$6.48÷0.4$

Jamie has some sweets. He shares the sweets equally between himself and his 5 friends. Each friend receives 12 sweets. He has 3 sweets left over. How many sweets did Jamie have initially?

Let $p$ and $q$ be two unique decimal numbers, each with one decimal place, where $0\le p<1$ and $0\le q<1$. Write a correct pair of value such that $p\times q=0.12$.

Here are four number cards

The card with the digit 4 is placed into a calculation.

Complete the calculation using the remaining three cards.

Here are four tiles.
Each tile has a number on it.

Write down the largest 4-digit odd number that can be made using each tile only once.

Write down all the 2-digit numbers that can be made using these tiles.

Work out $327\times 54$

In a garden centre, bedding plants cost £2.20 each.

The garden centre has a special offer.

Dan has £30.

He wants to buy as many bedding plants as possible.

How many plants can Dan get?

Using the information that

  $3.9\times 76=296.4$

find the value of

i)  $3.9\times 760$

[1]

ii) $39\times 0.76$

[1]

iii)  $2964÷7.6$

[1]

A restaurant has a special offer for a three course menu.

There are 2 options for the starter, 3 possible choices for the main and 2 different desserts.

A person wants to order one starter, one main course and one dessert for their meal. Write down the number of different combinations that the person could choose from the menu.

Nathaniel created a game for his school fair.
The price of one play on the game is 50p or you can have three plays for £1.20.

Roger has £5.90 available to spend on the game. 

How many times can Roger play the game?

The prize for winning a play is 25p.

If Roger wins half of the games that he plays, how much money will he have left after playing?

Put one pair of brackets in each statement to make it correct.

$16÷8+4\times 2=1$

$16÷8+4\times 2=12$

Put one pair of brackets into each calculation to make it correct.

i) $24÷6+2\times 3=9$

[1]

ii) $24÷6+2\times 3=2$

[1]

Insert one pair of brackets in the following to make the statement correct.

$5+3\times 10-1=32$

Insert one pair of brackets in the following to make the statement correct.

$3\times 2-4-7=9$

Calculate $18÷\left(10-4\right)-11\times 4+9\times \left(6+1\right)$

Jamie has incorrectly tried to calculate:

$3\times 2^3+\sqrt{25}\times \left(3^2\times 2+3\right)$

His working is shown below.

$\begin{array}{rcl}& & 3\times 2^3+\sqrt{25}\times \left(3^2\times 2+3\right)\\ & =& 3\times 2^3+\sqrt{25}\times \left(9\times 5\right)\\ & =& 3\times 2^3+\sqrt{25}\times \left(45\right)\\ & =& 6^3+5\times \left(45\right)\\ & =& 216+225\\ & =& 441\end{array}$

Identify the two mistakes that have been made.

Mano has an equal number of 5p coins and 10p coins.

The value of her 5p coins is £3.10.

Work out the total value of her 5p and 10p coins.

Complete the bank statement.

Below is a multiplication grid containing a variety of equations in terms of $a,b$ and $c$, where $a,b$ and $c$ are prime numbers.

Find the values of $a,b,$ and $c$.