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Changed on 7 May 2023

Lots of sequential practice working out percentage parts, increase, decrease and VAT. Three fill-in tables, all based on 4 large mountain bike posters.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
Maths
N2/L1.10
N2/L2.7
AN N2/L2.8 Find percentage parts of quantities and measurements
N1/L1.9
Context
Motor vehicles & Transport
Sport and fitness

Changed on 7 May 2023

Challenging set of  questions based on an infographic from a recent TV Licensing annual review.  Aimed at L1-2 but a few questions are Entry 2/3 - there are also  a couple of  "stretch questions" making a bridge to GCSE. Two main topics are covered: working with very large numbers and percentages. Extracting data, equivalents and ordering decimals are also touched upon.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
GCSE L1-5
Maths
FM Straightforward problem(s) with more than 1 step
FM Complex multi-step problem(s)
FM E3.21 Extract information from lists, tables, diagrams, charts; create frequency tables
FM L2.1 Read, write, order & compare positive & negative numbers of any size
FM L2.4 Identify & know the equivalence between fractions, decimals & percentages
FM L2.6 Calculate percentage change (any size increase & decrease), & original value after % change
FM L2.13 Calculate amounts of money, compound interest, percentage increases, decreases & discounts inc. tax & budgeting
GCSE N2 (Apply the four operations)
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV

Changed on 7 May 2023

Good worksheet with useful help on quick ways of calculating with common percentages.

Level
Level 1
Maths
AN N2/L1.9 Find simple percentage parts of quantities and measurements

Changed on 7 May 2023

Water content of fruits & vegetables provides interesting practice with percentages, rounding decimals and calculator use.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
Maths
AN N2/L1.7
Adult Numeracy N2/L2.2
N2/L2.9
N2/L1.11
Context
Catering Food Nutrition

Changed on 4 May 2023

Level 2 reading resource analysing purpose, identifying points of view, organisational and language features, and implied meaning.

Based on a BBC news article where architect Sir David Adjaye calls for a 'long overdue' black culture museum in Britain.

Editor's note

Fully mapped to the reformed Functional English content which comes into effect September 2019. 4/5/2023 The long awaited answer sheet (sorry!) is now available (for resource contributors only). See answer sheets page for more info. 

Level
Level 2
English
FE L2.13 Identify implicit & inferred meaning in texts
FE L2.18 Follow an argument, identifying different points of view & distinguishing fact from opinion
FE L1.14 Understand organisational / structural features use to locate relevant information
FE L2.17 Analyse texts, of different levels of complexity, recognising their use of vocabulary and identifying levels of formality and bias

Changed on 2 May 2023

Follow this tag to find three May Day resources.
Resources cover Functional English / Literacy from E1 (Entry Level 1) through to L2 (Level 2).

Changed on 2 May 2023

Happy 2023 to all our users and contributors!

Follow our New Year tag to find 15 different maths and English resources.

Changed on 2 May 2023

This year the London Marathon is on Sunday April 23. Follow this tag to find London Marathon Functional Skills maths and English resources (2 resources). 

 

Changed on 2 May 2023

St George’s Day is April 23rd.

Follow this tag to find five St George’s Day resources.
Resources cover Maths and English from E2 (Entry Level 2) to L2 (Level 2).

Changed on 2 May 2023

This year Mother's Day is March 19th.  Mother’s Day (5 resources)