N2/L1.10
Numeracy: Functional Maths, N2/L1.10, N1/E3.7, N2/L1.2, MSS1/L1.9, N1/L1.8, N2/L1.5, N2/L1.12, N2/L1.7
Context: Electrical, Electronics & Technology
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Investigation or project, Worksheet or assignment
An activity using mobile phones. Students could also do a warm-up by measuring and weighing real phones (switched off)!
The lesson was designed for an E3 young learner class. The last section, using percentage changes, might suit stronger learners (L1 extension).
Editor’s note
Fully mapped to the Functional Maths criteria. Covers rounding whole nos. and decimals, money, percentages, fractions and area.
Numeracy: N2/L1.8, N2/L1.9, Functional Maths - number, N1/L1.7, N2/L1.10, N1/L2.3, N2/L2.7, N2/L2.8, N2/L2.9
Context: Business & Money management
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Game
A set of cards that can be used to play a game where students have shares in a small company. Each group of three players receives ‘market updates’ in the form of cards that require them to divide a number in a ratio, or find the value of an amount given the value of part of the amount. Students are encouraged to keep full financial records.
Numeracy: N2/L1.9, N2/L1.10
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1, L2
Beautifully clear worksheet to be used in conjunction with John Thomson’s “percentage worker-outer” (see below). It is staggered to build up skills slowly – making it particularly good for the less confident learner who needs lots of practice.
Numeracy: N2/L1.9, HD1/L1.3, N1/L1.7, N2/L1.1, N2/L1.10, HD1/L1.4, N2/L1.2, N1/L1.8, N2/L1.3, N1/L1.9, N1/L1.1, N1/L1.3
Resource type: Revision material, Warm-up
Level: L1
Five wonderful sets of multiple choice revision questions covering Level 1 ratio, mean & range, fractions, percentages, and number (mostly place value & rounding). Each set consists of 9 cards and is individually mapped to the numeracy curriculum.
Cut up into cards and use as required. Use individual sets for targeted revision or mix with other sets of cards for general revision.
Numeracy: N2/L1.8, N2/L1.9, N1/E2.6, N2/L1.1, N2/L1.10, N1/E3.7, N2/E3.3, N2/L1.2, N2/L2.7, N1/L1.8, N2/L1.3, N2/L2.8, N2/L2.2, N2/L1.5, N2/L1.6, N2/L1.7, N2/L2.1, N2/L2.3, N2/L2.6, N2/L2.9, N2/L2.4
Resource type: Interactive worksheet, Resource generator
Level: E3, L1, L2
This spreadsheet is designed to enable students to check their own work; but also to learn about what happens when you add two decimals, or multiply two fractions, and so on.
The spreadsheet consists of the following sheets:
- “Mult-div by 10-100-1000” allows a student to input a number and explore the effect when multiplied or divided by 10, 100 or 1000.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - number, N2/L1.10, N2/L2.7, N1/L1.11, MSS1/L1.1, N1/L2.4, N2/L1.11, N2/L2.10, N2/L2.9
Context: Catering Food Nutrition
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Interactive whiteboard, Worksheet or assignment
Two workbooks, both with an accompanying PPT. Directly related, in terms of theory, to the VRQ qualification, the Foundation Diploma and also ABC Level 1 Catering.
Numeracy: N2/L1.8, N2/L1.9, N1/E2.6, N2/L1.10, N1/E3.7, N2/E3.2, N1/L1.8, N2/L2.8
Context: Business & Money management, Politics & News items
Level: E2, E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Lesson plan
A fabulous, very clear lesson plan ideal for money-management / personal finance classes. The mathematical focus is on percentages (VAT) but it also covers rounding and extracting data and can be used in mixed ability classes from E2 -L2.
The plan also includes links to online Budget videos, a ‘chop or not’ game, VAT calculators and more!
Also suitable for underpinning L1 Functional Maths, and linked to Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC).
Numeracy: N2/L1.9, N2/L1.10, N1/L1.8
Context: Catering Food Nutrition
Level: L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Practise percentages starts with a some questions based on the results of a survey in a college canteen – emphasising that percentages are ‘out of 100’. There is also a separate set of simple percentage increase / decrease questions.
Numeracy: N2/L1.10, N2/L2.7, N2/L2.8, N1/L1.9
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport, Sport
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Lots of sequential practice working out percentage parts, increase, decrease and VAT. Three fill-in tables, all based on 4 large mountain bike posters.
Numeracy: N2/L1.10
Context: Retail Hospitality Customer service
Level: L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Straightforward very useful practice with finding 10% discounts. (With 20% or 30% extension option).
