I am an experienced functional skills and GCSE maths teacher. I teach mainly adults. I also teach apprentices so I have a wide variety of resources from whole class teaching to my workbooks which were originally developed for work with apprentice who come to my classes on a roll on roll off basis - lessons with apprentices are very exam focused trying to prepare them for exams as quickly as possibly. I enjoy a problem solving approach and like to develop resource suitable for adults.
I am an experienced functional skills and GCSE maths teacher. I teach mainly adults. I also teach apprentices so I have a wide variety of resources from whole class teaching to my workbooks which were originally developed for work with apprentice who come to my classes on a roll on roll off basis - lessons with apprentices are very exam focused trying to prepare them for exams as quickly as possibly. I enjoy a problem solving approach and like to develop resource suitable for adults.
This is a suggested topic outline and summary SOW for the reformed functional skills at L1 and L2. Information has been taken from the new specifications so it covers all topics in an easy to plan way.
Please look out for each of thee topics in a workbook coming over the next few months fully aligned to the new reformed functional skills. The workbooks will never cost more than £3 and bundles will be available,
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Here you have a 50 slide functionals skills maths revision bingo game.
There are 45 slides which each have a question and an answer. Question is displayed then the answer will show on the next click of the mouse. There are also 4 slides which contains answer grids. These are designed as bingo boards and have 9 answers on them. Only 2 of them are winning grids. The ones with the answer HMW on them are the winning grids.
All the other slides have 1 red herring which is an answer not present on the powerpoint. The winning slide is at the end you can easily shorten the game by moving the winning slides to earlier on. It is a mixture of L1 and L2 questions.
Questions include, fractions, percentages, converting fractions to percentages, calculation with money and time, mean,median,mode and range, scale, percentage and fraction discounts, area,perimeter and volume, pie charts,probability,imperial to metric, currency conversion, substitute into formula.
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This is a revision activity aimed at adult learners. There are 5 suspects and 5 clues. You need to answer the clues to name the culprit. A twist on the ever popular murder mysteries. Fractions, percentages, ratio, and calculations with time. Encourages problem solving . Answers included. Word document for easy editing. Can be used as a handout or I laminate the clues and put them around the room and have clue stations.
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This is a bingo game with 20 questions including fractions of amounts, simplifying and writing one number as a fraction of the other.
Also includes 16 answer boards. To win all 20 questions have to be played through. There are 4 winning boards any with 1/4 on them. Powerpoint set up to show the question on one click and the answer on the following click.
This resource contain 4 question sheets. Differentiated questions in a RAG type worksheet, answers included.
Contains questions on Percentages, Fractions of amounts, Ratio and Rounding. All key skills required for functional skills maths level 1 and functional skills maths Level 2. Great for functional skills revision.
Here is a revision task I write to use with my adult groups during revision sessions. They are designed to be completed as independent revision tasks. They are 4 pages long and include the following:
Calculate the weight of the clothes - Convert within metric (grams to KG) and Imperial to metric for L2.
Work out the amount you will get from the clothes.
Work out mean and range of sales (includes median and mode for L2)
Draw a table (L1) and a bar chart (L1 and L2)
Work out the percentage of days sales were over a certain number.
Answers included.
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Here is a power point with 4 practice tasks for functional skills maths. Also be great for a GCSE warm up activity. The answers are included. You don’t need to print this just display on the board.
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This a fun consolidation or revision activity for fractions. Students practice add, subtract and converting between, proper, improper, and mixed fractions to get to the target. Also great for practice with equivalent fractions.
There are 10 puzzles in total, 1 page each with space for workings. 4 are easy, 4 medium and 2 more difficult really good for building fluency. You can also add to the challenge by playing music/having a timer set or split the class and play against each other in teams.
Solutions included
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This is a ready to go revision session for functional skills maths level 2. It has reformed functional skills maths questions. I hope you find this helpful please have a look at my other resources for reformed functional skills.
Includes:
8 1 mark answer none calculator questions
7 long answer none calculator questions
14 long answer calculator questions
Suggested answers included
Covers a wide range of topics, fractions, percentages, ratio, proportion, volume, area, circles, cylinders, probability, speed distance time,map scales, scatter graphs.
This is a workbook that covers drawing single and double bar charts, Line graphs, scatter graphs and pie charts. It is covers each topic briefly and is good for a revision session or for more able learners as a refresh session. Looks at drawing each of the stated and some interpreting such as using a line of best fit to make predictions. I made this for my revision sessions for functional skills but could also be good to give as homework for GCSE foundation learners.
All on word so you can add to it if you like and an answer sheet is included. (I have used excel to make the graphs for the answer books.
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This pack contains 6 tasks to help develop problem solving and also challenge misconceptions. Very little numeracy skills are needed to perfect for start of term team building. Can be used as a booklet or print A3 for a great carousel in the first few weeks of term. Suggested answers are now included!
• Odd One out – there is more than one right answer which some learners find difficult to accept.
• Spot the mistake – 5 problems with mistakes, includes writing money on a calculator, changing units, square M, rounding errors.
• Plan the book club – again can be more than one correct answer, encourages discussion, systematic planning and importance of explaining your answer
• Business cards – reading from a table and interpreting questions
• Water meter – making reasonable assumptions, extracting information
• Hair appointment – working with time, planning answers, drawing time lines
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Here is one of the accompanying work books to go alongside my free summary scheme of work for the new functional skills criteria for maths.
Question and answer booklet which should cover a whole session to meet the following objectives:
Be able to:
Multiply whole numbers and decimals by 10,100 and 1000
Add and subtract using three digit whole numbers
Add and subtract decimals
Answers are included.
Aimed at level 1 and level 2 functional skills learners but may also be useful for GCSE or E3 learners.
9 pages of functional skills revision questions. The questions are aimed at L2. I wrote this for a workshop that was just an hour before the exam to go over key mistakes that most learners make. Includes averages, range, fractions, percentages, Reverse calculations, Volume of a cone and cylinder. Scatter graphs, area and perimeter, converting between imperial/metric. Currency conversion., scale drawing, pie charts and bar charts. Answers added.
Functional skills maths level 2 revision. Practice paper.
So you want to go to Florida.
Task one and Two:
Plan the cost of the trip, extract information from tables and calculate average cost for flights. Work out visa costs including % discounts and convert currency £ to $ see how much you need to take.
Task Three: Use the park map and work out the distance between your favourite rides using the stated scale. The work out the tie it will take you to get round the park and convert between Km and miles to figure out our speed then put all the information in a timetable and show a timeline of your day. Extension activity included working out how long you would need to work for to pay for the trip. Very engaging activity my learners really enjoy this paper.
One worked solution included although there are more than one correct solutions - my students are always surprising me!
As with all my resources WORD document.
This is a example paper covering many aspects of functional skills maths level 2. All in a problem solving context. Great for revision. Very good feedback from colleagues and learners.
Task one: Decide if you should sell your famous picture to the local historian or maybe list it on bobble. Will you make enough money to go on your holiday? Use knowledge of fractions and percentages, metric conversions and imperial conversions, interpret information from a table including being careful of rounding. Draw a table of what was found and draw conclusions.
Task two: Work with area and volume, more converting and interpret a scale drawing. Work out the volume of a cone and see if you have enough space in your garage. There are 2 different versions included the first one has an easier scale drawing and focuses on interpretation rather than drawing the second is almost the same but the section 2 requires drawing of the scale plan. Great for differentiation.
Task three: Work out bonuses for a firm and decide how much each person will earn, choose between averages and say why median is the most appropriate. Make comments about the range and then draw a pie chart. Checking of calculations throughout. 12 pages long really good practice for the exam.
Have now also included answers
This is a booklet which covers L2 functional skills topics. My exam board is C&G but also useful for others. Each page includes a question for each topic, a hyperlink to a basic lesson which can be used by learners at home. The same content is accessible by the QR code on each page. Videos and online activities included. At the bottom of each page is an area to write notes and record real life uses and their own worked example along with space for tutor feedback. There is a contents page and a feedback sheet included at the end. Along with a tracking sheet for mock papers.
Recommended to print in A5 booklet form.
A huge variety of uses… learners complete a page at the end of a lesson for homework. Could be used as a revision workbook by completing the questions and allows learners to see which areas they are still getting wrong to target areas for revision. Also great to monitor progress or as a diagnostic tool at the start of the year.
Here are 5 Sudoku puzzles. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 2 x 3 box contains one each of the six fractions (one whole, one half, one third, one fourth, one sixth, one eighth). excellent practice for equivalence, challenge or stretch activity. Includes 5 puzzle sheets, 5 answer sheets and 5 missing tiles sheets for corresponding puzzles.
Use the missing pieces to complete the sudoku. Draw the answers into the appropriate places.
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There are 2 booklets one for level 1 learners which contains just converting metric measures and is 17 pages long including 3 pages of answers. There is an explanation then progressively more difficult examples and a cross-number. A snakes and ladders game and a challenge section. Includes all answers a revision grid covering multiple topics covered already in the year. The second booklet (20 pages) is suitable for level 2 learners and covers converting between imperial and metric units. Includes the converting metric unit resources and extra for imperial to metric including an extra cross number. Second challenge page also included. Answers included at back of booklet.
Finally you have a metric to metric conversion answer hunt plenary suitable for both levels, Answer sheet in the Level 1 booklet you could add to level 2 if you like.
All in word for easy editing. Please see my other resources for more booklets and whole lessons for £2.99
Included in this pack is a lesson plan. fact cards fro countries around the world to use in a variety of ways comparing the numbers. A booklet with accompanying questions including a crossword. An activity on house prices and a large numbers in the news handout with questions. More than enough to challenge even most able learners in functional skills maths and will take at least 2 hours to complete. A maths dictionary is also included.
Please see my other resources for lots of functional skills lessons differentiated to level 1 and level 2 including all resources for £3.