Functional Maths
Numeracy: Functional Maths, MSS1/E3.1, MSS1/L1.1, N1/L1.2, N1/L2.1
Context: Business & Money management
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Discussion points, Game, Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
An activity to explore money management and negative numbers. Be prepared to signpost students if need be.
The activity starts with discussing who is most likely to get into debt and then by recognising that anyone can if they don’t have good money skills.
Then students use *place value dice (hundreds, tens and units) to fill in their budget sheets. If you don’t have such dice you could prepare the sheets by writing in amounts to differentiate for each student.
Numeracy: Functional Maths
Literacy: Functional English - reading
ICT: Finding and selecting information
General: Generic resources for literacy, numeracy and beyond
Free tags: Diamond Jubilee
Context: Art Film Media Music TV, Leisure Travel Tourism
Resource type: Investigation or project
Level: E3, L1
A topical investigation that can be used as a group or individual task. Learners imagine they have won tickets in the ballot and must plan their trip to Buckingham Palace.
Ideal for E3-L1 Functional maths, English and ICT but could be easily adapted for higher or lower levels.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths, MSS1/E2.3, MSS1/E2.4, MSS1/E3.3
Free tags: Olympics
Context: Sport
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
This resource uses the 2012 Olympics cycling road race as a theme and focuses on dates and time. Learners use a calendar to find a day and date, extract information from a table, add times to blank clock faces and carry out simple calculations. There is also a road map of the race with questions to answer.
Fully mapped to E2-E3 Functional Maths
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Free tags: Christmas
Level: E1, E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
This resource was written as a seasonal end-of-term numeracy practice for my students. It includes questions on shape and space (room plan), money, fractions and directions.
Fully mapped to the Functional Maths E1-3 criteria.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Free tags: Australia, Christmas
Level: E1, E2
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment
An adapted version of Zoe Hyde’s Christmas E1-2 Functional Maths (see below) using Australian money. There are other minor edits – for example, the football is sent to New Zealand, not to Europe.
Questions cover almost all of the E1 and E2 UK Functional Skills maths criteria. Includes shapes, size, addition and subtraction, money, reading scales and much more. Fully mapped with teaching tips.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths, Money
Free tags: Family learning, Christmas
Context: Catering Food Nutrition, Health, Social care, Early years
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Investigation or project
I adapted this from Helen Lloyd’s Planning a school party (see below). I used her idea to develop a task that my students could manage on their own while I was doing a first aid course. This version includes an extra task about providing a Santa and gifts, and I also included some simple fraction questions.
I used Helen’s supermarket list for prices of party food etc.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Free tags: Christmas
Level: E1, E2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Lovely seasonal set of Functional Maths questions covering almost all of the E1 and E2 Criteria. Includes shapes, size, addition and subtraction, money, reading scales and much more. Fully mapped to FS with teaching tips.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, MSS1/E2.1, MSS1/E3.1, MSS1/L1.1
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A contextualised set of Functional Maths tasks for Hairdressing or Beauty students.
Includes:
- Counting up money and making up floats
- Adding up prices and working out change
- Extracting information from a table
An alternative version of this worksheet is also available (Handling cash in a garage).
Both worksheets are linked to the “Working with Decimals” lesson plan and PPT by Charlotte Gustar (listed under See also below).
Numeracy: Functional Maths, MSS1/E2.1, MSS1/E3.1, MSS1/L1.1
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A contextualised set of Functional Maths tasks for Motor Vehicle students. Includes:
- Counting up money and making up floats
- Adding up prices and working out change
- Extracting information from a table
An alternative version of this worksheet is also available (Handling cash in a salon).
Both worksheets are linked to the “Working with Decimals” lesson plan and PPT by Charlotte Gustar (listed under See also below).
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1
32 page, easy to use answer booklet to accompany Simon Kelsey’s popular L1 Numeracy and Functional Maths workbook. Thanks also to Judith White who contributed some of the answers.
Please note that page 29 of this answer booklet is for the alternative probability page 29 (Deck of cards) from Judith White NOT the original page (Russian Roulette – available separately below).
