This GCSE Maths Foundation worksheet pack from Spiritwolf Education develops confident skills in the four operations with decimals, including negatives. Fully scaffolded and curriculum-aligned, it provides clear explanations, worked examples, practice questions, and step-by-step solutions.
Inside this pack you’ll find:
- Explanations of how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals (including negatives).
- Worked examples with step-by-step methods, including the Shift–Shift–Solve trick for division.
- Real-world contexts in money and measures.
- 24 scaffolded practice questions (straightforward → mixed → applied problems).
- Full step-by-step worked solutions for every question.
- Teacher’s Notes with curriculum mapping (DfE 2015 + AQA, Edexcel, OCR alignment).
Bonus materials included:
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Vocabulary Sheet – student-friendly definitions of key terms (decimal point, place value, annexing zeros, trailing zeros, inverse operation, terminating decimal, negative decimal, etc.).
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Extra Practice Questions – 20 additional scaffolded problems with full worked answers, ideal for homework, revision, or stretch activities.
Why choose Spiritwolf Education resources?
- Professionally written, TES-ready resources
- Scaffolded learning: explanation → examples → practice → solutions
- Curriculum-aligned and exam-board mapped (GCSE Foundation, Grades 1–5)
- Student-friendly tone with memorable “Wolf Tip” mnemonics
Topics covered:
- Adding and subtracting decimals (lining up decimal points, annexing zeros)
- Multiplying decimals (ignoring decimal points, then placing them using total decimal places)
- Dividing by decimals using the Shift–Shift–Solve method
- Using negative decimals in calculations
- Estimation and checking results in money and measure contexts
- Real-world applied problems (prices, distances, weights, measures)
Age range: 14–16
Level: GCSE Foundation (Grades 1–5)
Subject: Mathematics
Format: 3 PDF files (Worksheet Pack, Vocabulary Sheet, Bonus Questions)
Bundle note: This resource is part of Number Skills (2) alongside Fractions and Percentages packs.
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