General numeracy / maths
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: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - number
Free tags: Sport Relief
Context: Sport, Voluntary & Charity
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A Sport Relief task which looks at the dates of the events and the cost of buying products from the Sport Relief shop. It includes reading a calendar and working out the days/weeks left until the event. It also includes questions on comparing, adding, subtracting (working pout change) and halving money. Learners have to read prices from the Sports Relief shop and decide what to buy with a given amount of money.
With answer sheet, and fully mapped to the E2-E3 Functional Maths criteria.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths
General: Exam tips and help
Level: L1
Resource type: Handout or guide, Revision material
Written as a resource for distance learners with good reading skills who were challenged by some of the questions in the Level 1 Numeracy test.
I wanted to give them different methods of working out multiplication and division questions in particular – emphasising that multiplication is the reverse of division, and that multiplication is the same as repeated addition. The idea of division as repeated subtraction is also introduced.
Rounding, percentages and ratios are covered.
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, 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: 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, 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.
