Functional Maths - measures, shape, money
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E3.1
Context: Business & Money management, Catering Food Nutrition, Employment skills & Public services
Level: E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
This resource is adapted from, and complements, the L1/2 resource with the same title created by Claire Douglas (see below).
The activity is based on recent changes to the minimun wage (Nov 2011). Students have to read the information given on the shop employees’ ages and new minimun pay to work out how much the staff are paid for their work.
I used this activity with my E3 students and they enjoyed it.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E1.3, MSS1/E1.4, MSS1/E1.5, MSS1/E1.6
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1
I made these files to help my E1 students become familiar with this question format before doing the assignments.
I had found in previous years that though they managed comparatives orally and could eventually make up sentences including them, they were confused by these questions in their assessments.
I hope someone else can find them useful.
Editor’s note
Fully mapped to the Functional Maths coverage and range statements and the E1 process skills. With extension ideas.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, Functional Maths - number
Resource type: Game, Ice breaker, Revision material
Level: E2, E3
A set of cards to cut out and ideally put in plastic balls or a jazzy box. Aimed at E2- E3 Functional Skills learners as an ice breaker, introductory lesson or for revision. Students need to work out the question and identify the maths skills they are using to answer it. Best printed onto card.
Questions are aimed to appeal to young adult students – e.g. clubbing, Facebook, food, mobiles, etc.
Questions cover the 4 operations, money, time, shapes and more.
26 cards. Includes Functional Maths mapping chart.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, Money
Resource type: Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1, E2, E3, L1
The package contains a range of worksheets and activities for E1-L1 Functional Maths.
- A card match activity. Match the correct word, number and image.
- Shopping receipts. The students decide what coins could be used to pay for the total amount on the receipt. The higher level students also add the prices together first to find the total.
- Addition worksheets – differentiated for various level. Students add different amounts of money together.
- Celebrity shopping pack.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E3.5, MSS1/L1.4, MSS1/L1.7
Resource type: Interactive whiteboard, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1
A notebook file to help support learners with different units of metric measurement and to show how length, weight and capacity follow similar paths.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, Functional Maths - number, N1/L1.7, N1/L2.3
Context: Catering Food Nutrition
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Resources I designed as a mini project for Functional Skills maths. Also for L1/L2 Adult Numeracy
Editor’s notes:
Includes several recipes including a delicious sounding Spanish flan (some questions involving doubling and halving might also suit Entry Level students), mixing paint, proportion (wages) and some challenging L2 scale map questions. Fully mapped to the Functional Maths criteria.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money
Context: Catering Food Nutrition, Voluntary & Charity
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
Inspired by Judith White’s autumn apple cake resource (ratios, converting measures, formulae, etc.) this series of open ended tasks focuses on the importance of showing working out and explaining/justifying their conclusions. It also helps students get used to the idea that some maths questions do not have just one “correct” answer.
The theme is baking several cakes for a charity event and making a profit.
You will need Judith’s original recipe (see below) to complete some of the tasks.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/E3.5, MSS1/E3.6, MSS1/E3.7, MSS1/L1.7, MSS1/L2.5
Resource type: Hands-on / practical activity
Level: E3, L1, L2
Inspired by Jane Russell’s place value slider (see below), this slider allows for easy conversion of metric units. I printed the sliders on A3 paper so there would be enough to pull from both sides. I used different colours for weight, distance and capacity.
An illustrated example shows how to use the sliders. Sets of 4 sliders are on different pages to make it easier to print on different colour paper. A photograph of the finsihed slider i salso availalbe below
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money
Context: Construction Carpentry Plumbing, Gardening & Horticulture, Painting Decorating & DIY
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
A Functional Maths resource using area, multiplication, division and money. I have used Wickes catalogues with my students as they are small and easy to use, but combining the task with internet research to find the best price would be a really good way of doing this lesson.
Fully mapped to L1-2 Functional Maths criteria.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/L1.11, MSS1/L1.8, MSS1/L1.9, N1/L1.10, MSS1/L1.6, MSS1/L2.5
Context: Construction Carpentry Plumbing, Painting Decorating & DIY
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
A scaffolded investigation created for my Level 1 numeracy group but ideal for, and fully mapped to, L1-2 Functional maths.
Part 1 involves reading a description of a room and drawing simple scale diagrams (a grid is provided) before pricing up a carpet from a discount company.
Part 2 is more complex: calculate the length of skirting board, wallpaper, paint, dado rail and door framing required.
