Core Worksheets 1 12

Cambridge IGCSE™ Mathematics Core Worksheets
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1 Number and language

Estimated time to complete: 40 mins
Exercises 1.1–1.8
1 List all the prime numbers between 80 and 100. [2]
2 List all the factors of the following numbers:

a 48 [2]
b 200 [2]
3 List the prime factors of these numbers and express them as a product of prime numbers:
a 25 [2]
b 48 [2]
4 Find the highest common factor of the following numbers:

a 51, 68, 85 [2]
b 36, 72, 108 [2]
5 Find the lowest common multiple of the following numbers:

a 8, 12, 16 [2]
b 23, 42, 6 [2]
6 List all the factors of the following numbers:

4
a [1]
5
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5
b [1]
2
Exercises 1.9–1.12
1 State whether each of the following numbers is rational or irrational:
a 2.5 [1]
b 0.14̈ [1]
c √17 [1]
d −0.03 [1]
e √144 [1]
f √5 × √2 [1]
√16
g [1]
√4
2 a Draw and name three different 2D shapes where the area is likely to be a rational number. [3]
b On each of your shapes, write the dimensions that make the area a rational number. Do not work out
the area. [3]
3 a Draw and name three different 2D shapes where the total area is likely to be an irrational number. [2]
A compound shape is made up of more than one shape.
b On each of your shapes, write the dimensions that make the total area an irrational number. Do not
work out the area. [2]
4 Complete the diagram and find the area of a square of side 2.3 units. [3]
Area = …………….
1 Without using your calculator, work out:
a 11 [1]
b 15 [2]
c 6 [2]
d −10 [2]
Exercise 1.19
1 A hang-glider is launched from a mountainside. It climbs 850 m and then descends 1730 m before
landing.
a How far below the launch point was the hang-glider when it landed? [1]
b If the launch point was at 1850 m above sea level, at what height above sea level did the hang-glider
land? [1]
2 A plane flying at 9200 m drops a sonar device onto the ocean floor. If the device falls a total of 11500 m,
how deep is the ocean at this point? [2]
2 Accuracy
Exercises 2.1–2.3
1 Round the following numbers to the degree of accuracy shown in brackets:
a 47 (10) [1]
b 1250 (100) [1]
c 524 700 (1000) [1]
2 Write the following to the number of decimal places shown in brackets:

a 4.98 (1 d.p.) [1]
b 18.04 (1 d.p.) [1]
c 0.0048 (2 d.p.) [1]
3 Write the following to the number of significant figures shown in brackets:

a 15.01 (1 s.f.) [1]
b 0.042 99 (2 s.f.) [1]
c 3.049 01 (3 s.f.) [1]
Exercises 2.4
1 Without using your calculator, estimate the answers to the following calculations:
a Multiply 22 by 4877 [1]
b Divide 7890 by 19 [1]
47×3.8
c [1]
18.8
√140
d 2.22
[2]
2 Estimate the shaded area of the shape. Do not work out an exact answer. [3]
1
𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑎𝑎 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 = 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 × ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒ℎ𝑡𝑡
2
Area = …………….
3 Estimate the area of the shape. Do not work out the exact answer. [3]
Area = …………….
Exercises 2.5
1 Calculate the upper and lower bounds for each of the following:
a 15 (2 s.f.) [2]
b 12.8 (1 d.p.) [2]
c 100.0 (1 d.p.) [2]
d 0.75 (2 d.p.) [2]
e 2.25 (2 d.p.) [2]
2 Calculate the upper and lower bounds for each of the following:
a 2.4 + 14.1 [2]
b 3.3 + 8.8 [2]
c 100.0 + 4.9 [2]
d 21.6 − 12.2 [2]
e 0.4 − 0.1 [2]
3 If a = 18 to the nearest whole number, between what limits is 2a? [2]
4 A town is built on a rectangular plot of land measuring 3.7 km by 5.2 km, correct to 1 d.p. What are the
upper and lower limits for the length and width? [3]
5 A water tank contains 1000 litres of water.

Calculate the upper and lower bound of the volume of water if 1000 is correct to:
a 1 s.f ? Upper bound = …………… litres Lower bound = …………… litres [2]
b 2 s.f ? Upper bound = …………… litres Lower bound = …………… litres [2]
c 3 s.f ? Upper bound = …………… litres Lower bound = …………… litres [2]
3 Calculations and order

Exercises 3.1–3.4
1 Represent the inequality –1 ≤ x ˂ 4 on the number line. [2]
2 a Write the following sentence using inequality signs. [1]
The finishing time (t seconds) of runners in a 100 m race ranged from 12.1 seconds to 15.8 seconds.
b Represent your inequality on a number line. [2]
3 Write these decimals in order of magnitude, starting with the smallest. [1]
0.5 0.055 5.005 5.500 0.505 0.550
4 Write the following fractions in descending order of magnitude (from largest to smallest). [2]
3 1 7 4 3
8 4 20 15 5
5 Write the following lengths in order of size, starting with the smallest. [2]
21 cm 205 mm 2.4 m 2010 mm 2.09 m
Exercises 3.5–3.9
1 Without using your calculator, use the order of operations to work out the following.
a (25 – 2) × 10 + 4 [1]
b 25 – 2 × 10 + 4 [1]
c 25 – 2 × (10 + 4) [1]
2 Insert any brackets that are needed to make each of these calculations correct.
a 15 ÷ 3 + 2 ÷ 2 = 6 [1]
b 15 ÷ 3 + 2 ÷ 2 = 3.75 [1]
c 15 ÷ 3 + 2 ÷ 2 = 1.5 [1]
3 Work out the following calculations without using your calculator.

8+2×4
a −3 [2]
4
b −3 × (−4 + 6) ÷ 4 [2]
−4+7×(−2)
c −9
[3]
4 Integers, fractions, decimals and percentages

Exercises 4.1–4.7
1 Without using your calculator, evaluate the following:
3
a of 32 [1]
8
8
b of 72 [1]
9
7
c of 65 [1]
10
2 Change these mixed numbers to improper fractions.

3
a 6 [1]
5
2
b 3 [1]
17
3 Without using your calculator, change these improper fractions to mixed numbers.
38
a [1]
9
231
b [1]
15
4 Without using your calculator, change these fractions to decimals.

9
a 3 [1]
20
19
b 7 [1]
25
5
c [2]
16
5 Without using your calculator, fill in the table. Give fractions in their lowest terms. [6]
a b c d e
Fraction 9 2
20 3
Decimal 0.75 3.08
Percentage 6.5%
Exercises 4.8
1 Work out the following using long division. Give your answers to 2 d.p.
a 4569 ÷ 12 [2]
b 125 ÷ 0.13 [3]
1 Ten fractions are given below.
6 3 27 5 4 2 9 12 16 9
15 8 72 15 12 5 24 32 40 27
a Arrange them into three groups of equivalent fraction.
Group1: …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]
Group 2: …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]
Group 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

b Write an additional equivalent fraction for each of the three groups above. [1]
Group1: …………… Group 2: …………… Group 3: …………… [3]
2 Without using your calculator, work out these calculations. Give answers as fractions in their simplest
form.
2 5
a 3 −1 [2]
5 6
7 2 2
b −2 +1 [3]
8 9 3
3 Without using your calculator, work out these calculations. Give answers as fractions in their simplest
form.
2 2
a ×1 [2]
5 9
4 4 2
b � −1 �÷ [3]
9 5 3
4 Change these mixed numbers to decimals.

4
a 3 [2]
9
3
b 5 [2]
8

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Cambridge IGCSE™ Mathematics Core Worksheets

1 Number and language

2 List all the factors of the following numbers:

4 Find the highest common factor of the following numbers:

b 36, 72, 108 [2]

5 Find the lowest common multiple of the following numbers:

b 23, 42, 6 [2]

6 List all the factors of the following numbers:

A compound shape is made up of more than one shape.

b 1250 (100) [1]

c 524 700 (1000) [1]

2 Write the following to the number of decimal places shown in brackets:

b 18.04 (1 d.p.) [1]

c 0.0048 (2 d.p.) [1]

3 Write the following to the number of significant figures shown in brackets:

b 0.042 99 (2 s.f.) [1]

c 3.049 01 (3 s.f.) [1]

b Divide 7890 by 19 [1]

b 12.8 (1 d.p.) [2]

c 100.0 (1 d.p.) [2]

d 0.75 (2 d.p.) [2]

e 2.25 (2 d.p.) [2]

b 3.3 + 8.8 [2]

c 100.0 + 4.9 [2]

d 21.6 − 12.2 [2]

e 0.4 − 0.1 [2]

3 If a = 18 to the nearest whole number, between what limits is 2a? [2]

5 A water tank contains 1000 litres of water.

3 Calculations and order

2 a Write the following sentence using inequality signs. [1]

b Represent your inequality on a number line. [2]

0.5 0.055 5.005 5.500 0.505 0.550

21 cm 205 mm 2.4 m 2010 mm 2.09 m

3 Work out the following calculations without using your calculator.

4 Integers, fractions, decimals and percentages

2 Change these mixed numbers to improper fractions.

4 Without using your calculator, change these fractions to decimals.

b 125 ÷ 0.13 [3]

a Arrange them into three groups of equivalent fraction.

Group1: …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

Group 2: …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

Group 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

Group1: …………… Group 2: …………… Group 3: …………… [3]

4 Change these mixed numbers to decimals.

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