FM E3.15 Compare metric measures of length including millimetres, centimetres, metres & kilometres

E3.15 Compare metric measures of length including millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres

Subject content [reformed] functional skills: Mathematics (DfE, Feb 2018):

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/functional-skills-subject-content-mathematics

Posting parcels, letters and cards E3-L1 maths

17/1/22 Minor update - page number signposting at top of pages 5&6 corrected.
highly functional, carefully graduated set of questions based on current (Dec 2021) Royal Mail information about parcel and letter sizes, and first and second class mail prices. Written just before Christmas but can be used all year round. Main topics are: extracting information from tables, converting metric measures, formulae expressed as words, and working with money and decimals.

Author's note

Level

Entry Level 3

Level 1

Maths

FM Simple one step problem(s)

FM Straightforward problem(s) with more than 1 step

FM Contextualised underpinning

FM E3.1 Count, read, write, order & compare numbers up to 1000

FM L1.5 Use simple formulae expressed in words for one or two-step operations

FM L1.11 Add, subtract, multiply & divide decimals up to 2 decimal places

FM E3.10 Calculate with money using decimal notation & express money correctly in writing in pounds and pence

FM E3.15 Compare metric measures of length including millimetres, centimetres, metres & kilometres

FM E3.16 Compare measures of weight including grams & kilograms

FM L1.20 Convert between units of length, weight, capacity, money and time, in the same system

FM E3.21 Extract information from lists, tables, diagrams, charts; create frequency tables

Context

Independent living

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