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GCSE Maths Foundation Number Revision Mat
GCSE Maths Foundation Number Revision Mat
1, 8, 27, 64, 125… The lower bound of a number is the smallest possible number it could have been before rounding.
The cube root is the inverse, for E.g. A number has been rounded to the nearest whole number. The answer is 15.
example, the cube root of 64 is 4. Its lower bound is 14.5 and its upper bound is 15.5
Foundation – Number
reciprocal – the number you would have to multiply by to get 1. To change a mixed number into
1
an improper fraction, multiply Fractions
E.g. the reciprocal of 3 is .
3 the whole by the denominator,
The reciprocal of 1
is 5. add the numerator, then To multiply, multiply
5
write this answer as the new the numerators and the
2 7
The reciprocal of 7 is 2 numerator, e.g. 4 25 = 22 denominators.
5