Reading: Real-world Applications

Mathematics
GCSE Foundation
13 questions
~26 mins
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A worksheet focusing on reading numbers to the millions in real-world contexts, aimed at GCSE Foundation students. It covers procedural skills, problem-solving, and application questions.

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Reading: Real-world Applications

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Grade GCSE Foundation
A

Fluency & Practice

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Read the number 4,357,289. Write it in words.
[2 marks]
2.
What is the digit in the hundreds of thousands place in the number 9,842,615?
[1 mark]
3.
Write the number 7,045,602 in expanded form.
[3 marks]
4.
Round 3,689,214 to the nearest hundred thousand.
[2 marks]
B

Problem Solving & Reasoning

Answer all questions. Show detailed working.
1.
A car travels 2,345,678 meters in a day. How many kilometers is this? Show your working.
[3 marks]
2.
A school has 1,234,567 pages of reading material. If each student reads 3,000 pages, how many students can be served? Show your working.
[3 marks]
C

Real-world Applications

Answer all questions based on the scenario. Show your working.
1.
A charity received a donation of $5,432,185. They plan to distribute it equally among 17,000 beneficiaries. How much does each beneficiary receive? Show your working.
[4 marks]
2.
A supermarket stocks 6,789,012 items. If they sell 1,245,678 items in a month, how many items are left? Show your working.
[3 marks]
D

Challenge & Extension

Attempt these more difficult questions. Show full working.
1.
Construct a rectangle on the grid with a length of 3,200,000 units and a width of 1,050,000 units. Calculate its area.
[4 marks]
2.
Estimate the total population of a country with 56,789,234 inhabitants, rounded to the nearest million.
[2 marks]
E

Mixed Review

Answer all questions. Variety of question types.
1.
Write 8,509,062 in words.
[2 marks]
2.
What digit is in the ten-thousands place in 12,345,678?
[1 mark]
F

Error Analysis

Below is a common mistake. Identify and correct the error.
1.
Student's answer: 6,789,012 is read as 'Six hundred seventy-eight thousand nine hundred twelve.' Identify the mistake and write the correct reading.
[2 marks]

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Created
1/1/2026
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