Resource to support Functional Skills Maths (Level 2)
Study materials to help learners to practise and prepare for the Functional Skills qualification in Maths at Level 2.
This resource is designed to work alongside our Level 2 Maths learning materials to support learners in developing essential skills and knowledge needed to prepare them for their external assessments leading to the Functional Skills qualification in Maths at Level 2. Upon completion of the Level 2 Maths learning materials, learners can use the Functional Skills Maths resource to tackle real-life scenarios with practical tasks to help them practise and apply their maths skills.
The resource will enable pupils to become more confident and capable when using area and volume, working with numbers, interpreting data and using equations.
Resource details
In these resources, learners will work through 4 study sessions to help to prepare for a Functional Skills Maths external assessment.
Session 1
Working with numbers
One of the key elements of being able to use maths in a functional way is the ability to make comparisons, seeing a link between two or more quantities and using that link to determine a missing quantity.
As learners work through the activities in this Session, they will be able to apply skills relating to:
- Ratios
- Changing between units of measurements
- Distance, weights and measures
- Scale drawings.
Session 2
Interpreting data
Being able to interpret data is a key skill that can be used in a wide range of scenarios.
As learners work through the activities in this Session, they will be able to apply skills relating to:
- Using graphs, charts and tables to represent, extract and interpret data
- Identifying trends, correlations and exceptions in a series of data
- Drawing conclusions from data and explaining the work you have done.
Session 3
Using algebra and equations
The aim of this Session is to give learners the opportunity to apply skills in using algebra and equations in practical, real-life situations.
By working through the activities in this Session, learners will demonstrate that they have the skills to:
- Understand routine and non-routine problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and situations
- Identify the situation or problems and identify the mathematical methods needed to solve them
- Use simple formulae expressed in words for one- or two-step operations
- Understand and use simple formulae and equations involving one or two operations
- Use appropriate checking procedures and evaluate their effectiveness at each stage
- Interpret and communicate solutions to multistage practical problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and situations.
Session 4
Solving problems using area and volume
As learners work through the activities in this final Session, they will be able to apply skills relating to:
- Solving problems using mathematical skills
- Interpreting scales and using measurements
- Converting measurements from one unit to another.
Vision2learn learning materials access fee for 2012/13 :
Option 1 – 12 months unlimited access£5,750 plus VAT
Option 2 – 24 months unlimited access
£9,975 plus VAT
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