GCSE KS3 Year 7 Assignment: Chapter One

Numbers, Past Papers

Section 1: Types of Numbers
1. Classify the following numbers as natural, whole, integer, rational, or
irrational.
a) √9
b) −5
c) 0
4
d)
7
e) π
2. List all the prime numbers between 1 and 50.

3. Identify whether the following numbers are even or odd:

a) 27

b) 0

c) 108

d) -13

4. True or False? Provide a brief explanation for your answers:

a) Every whole number is a natural number.

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b) is an irrational number.
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c) The number 0 is an integer.

 5. Write the following as fractions or mixed numbers where appropriate:

a) 3.75

b) 0.125

c) 2.6666... (repeating decimal)

Section 2: Operations and Brackets

1. Simplify the following expressions using the correct order of operations
(BIDMAS/BODMAS):

a) 5 × (3 + 22) – 4 ÷ 2

b) 7 + 4 × (23 – 1) ÷ 3

c) (10 – 2) × [5 + (3 × 2)]

2. Evaluate the following using brackets correctly:

a) (6 + 32) ÷ (8 − 5)

b) 10 − [3 × (2 + 1)]

c) 20 ÷ [4 × (2 + 3)]

3. Error Identification:
A student simplifies 6 + 2 × 3 − 1 and gets 17. Identify the mistake and
provide the correct answer.
 4. Word Problem:
o A student wants to calculate their average score across four tests. The
scores were 75, 82, 90, and 88. Calculate the average score, showing
all steps using the correct order of operations.

Section 3: HCF and LCM

1. Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of the following pairs:

a) 18 and 24

b) 42 and 56

2. Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of the following pairs:

a) 12 and 15

b) 9 and 21

3. Word Problem (HCF):

o Three friends are distributing candies. The first friend has 36 candies,
the second has 60, and the third has 48. They want to share the
candies equally, giving the same number to each child. What is the
largest number of candies each child can receive?

4. Word Problem (LCM):

o Two buses leave the station at the same time. One bus returns every
15 minutes, and the other every 20 minutes. After how many minutes
will both buses return at the same time?
 5. Advanced HCF and LCM Problem:
o Find two numbers less than 100 with an HCF of 12 and an LCM of
240.

Section 4: Fractions
1. Simplify the following fractions:

a) 18/24

b) 45/60

c) 8/20

2. Add and subtract the following fractions:

a) 2/5 + 3/7

b) 7/9 − 4/6

3. Multiply and divide the following fractions:

a) 4/5 × 3/8

b) 7/12 ÷ 5/6

4. Convert the following mixed numbers to improper fractions:

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a) 2
4

5
b) 3
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 5. Word Problem (Fractions):
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o A recipe calls for cup of sugar. If you want to make of the recipe,
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how much sugar do you need?

6. Problem-Solving (Fractions):
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o If you spend of an hour doing math homework and hour on
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science homework, how much time did you spend on homework in
total? Express your answer as a fraction and a mixed number.

7. Real-Life Application (Fractions):

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o You have a piece of ribbon that is meters long. You cut meter off.
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How much ribbon is left?

Section 5: Powers and Roots

1. Evaluate the following expressions:

a) 23

b) 52 + 33

c) √144

d) √81 + 42
 2. Simplify the following:

a) 25 × 23

b) 34 ÷ 32

c) (52)3

3. True or False?

a) √49 = 7

b) 24 + 32=40

c) 102 = 1000

4. Word Problem (Powers):

o A square garden has an area of 121 square meters. What is the length
of one side of the garden?

5. Challenge Question:
o Compare 343^434 and 434^343. Which is greater, and by how much?

Section 6: Ratio and Proportion

1. Simplify the following ratios:

a) 15:25

b) 42:14

c) 36:60
2. Solve these ratio problems:

a) If a recipe calls for 4 cups of flour and 6 cups of water, what is the
ratio of flour to water? Simplify your answer.

b) If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:5 and there are 30 boys, how
many girls are there?

3. Proportional Reasoning:
a) A car travels 150 km in 3 hours. How far will it travel in 5 hours at the
same speed?

b) If 8 apples cost $12, how much will 14 apples cost?

4. Word Problem (Proportions):

o A model car is built at a scale of 1:20. If the real car is 4 meters long,
how long is the model car?
 5. Challenge Question:
o Two jars contain sugar and flour in the ratio 3:4 and 5:6, respectively.
If the sugar in both jars weighs the same, what is the ratio of the total
weight of the two jars?

Section 7: Number Equivalents

1. Convert the following decimals to fractions and simplify:

a) 0.25

b) 0.6

c) 1.75

2. Convert the following fractions to decimals:

a) 38

b) 710

c) 94

3. Convert the following fractions to percentages:

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a)
4

5
b)
8

2
c)
3
 4. Word Problem (Equivalents):
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o A piece of rope is meters long. If you cut off meter, how much
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rope is left? Express your answer as a fraction and as a decimal.

5. Challenge Question:
o Write the decimal 0.3333... (repeating) as a fraction and explain your
method.
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Section 8: Percentages
1. Calculate the following percentages:

a) What is 15% of 240?

b) If a shirt costs $50 and there’s a 20% discount, what is the new price?

c) A worker earns $2000 per month. If their salary increases by 10%, what is

their new salary?

2. Word Problems (Percentages):

a) A store increases the price of an item by 25%. If the original price was
$80, what is the new price?

b) If a car’s value decreases by 15% each year, and its current value is
$20,000, what will its value be next year?
 3. Percentage Change:

a) The population of a town increases from 10,000 to 12,500. What is the

percentage increase?

b) A student’s grade improves from 70% to 84%. What is the percentage

increase in their grade?

4. Challenge Question:
o If a population grows by 5% each year, how long will it take for the
population to double?

Section 9: Rounding Numbers

1. Round the following numbers to the nearest whole number, tenth, and
hundredth:

a) 76.849
b) 123.456
c) 9.995

2. Word Problem (Rounding):

o A product costs $15.67. If you need to buy 12 of them, round the price
to the nearest dollar and estimate the total cost.
 3. Round these numbers to the nearest hundredth:

a) 0.2548
b) 123.4567

4. Real-Life Application:
o A runner finishes a race in 9.874 seconds. If the official time is
rounded to the nearest hundredth of a second, what is the recorded
time?

5. Challenge Question:
o A book’s page count is estimated at 399.53. Round the number to the
nearest ten and explain why rounding is important in estimating large
values.

Section 10: Time

1. Time Conversion:

a) Convert 2 hours and 45 minutes into minutes.

b) Convert 150 minutes into hours and minutes.

2. Solve the following time problems:

a) A movie starts at 6:15 PM and lasts 2 hours and 25 minutes. What time
does the movie end?

b) If you spend 45 minutes on homework every day, how many hours do you
spend on homework in a week?
3. Word Problem (Time):
o A bus takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to travel from City A to City B. If
it leaves City A at 10:15 AM, what time will it arrive in City B?

4. Real-Life Application:
o You run a marathon and finish in 3 hours and 52 minutes. Express this
time in minutes.

5. Challenge Question:
o If a clock gains 2 minutes every hour, how many minutes will it gain
in a day? How does this affect the accuracy of time over a week?