Foundation GCSE – Essential Skills 1 Underline any words you don’t understand 1 Find of £25 £10 2 Calculate 30% of 320kg 96kg 3 Write down the value of 5 Simplify 4 12bc 3b x 4c 5 What is the reciprocal of 3 1/3 Work out the angle x 6 118 7 What is 0.2m in cm? 20cm 8 Calculate -3 x -5 15 If I buy 3 pens costing £2.75 each, how much change do I 9 £1.75 get from £10? Expand the following 10 15a + 20 5(3a + 4) 11 Simplify p3 x p5 P8 Find the area of the shape below 12 24cm2 What is the next 3 numbers in the sequence below? 13 26, 32, 38 2, 8, 14, 20… A bell rings every 8 minutes and another every 10 14 minutes. They both ring together at midnight. What time 00:40 will they both ring at the same time again? Write down the name of this 3D shape 15 Cylinder Simplify 16 2a + 5b 7a + 3b – 5a + 2b Find the median of the following numbers 17 5 3 7 2 5 9 11 3 A bus leaves Hampton at 0853 and arrives at Queensgate 18 at 0911. 18 minutes How long does the bus take? 19 Work out the value of 23 + 32 17
Foundation GCSE – Essential Skills 1 Underline any words you don’t understand 1 Find of £25 £10 2 Calculate 30% of 320kg 96kg 3 Write down the value of 5 4 Simplify 3b x 4c 12bc 5 What is the reciprocal of 3 1/3 6 Work out the angle x 118 7 What is 0.2m in cm? 20cm 8 Calculate -3 x -5 15 9 If I buy 3 pens costing £2.75 each, how much change do I get from £10? £1.75 10 Expand the following 5(3a + 4) 15a + 20 11 Simplify p3 x p5 P8 12 Find the area of the shape below 24cm2 13 What is the next 3 numbers in the sequence below? 2, 8, 14, 20… 26, 32, 38 14 A bell rings every 8 minutes and another every 10 minutes. They both ring together at midnight. What time will they both ring at the same time again? 00:40 15 Write down the name of this 3D shape Cylinder 16 Simplify 7a + 3b – 5a + 2b 2a + 5b 17 Find the median of the following numbers 3 7 2 5 9 11 3 5 18 A bus leaves Hampton at 0853 and arrives at Queensgate at 0911. How long does the bus take? 18 minutes 19 Work out the value of 23 + 32 17
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