Functional Skills-Level 1
Functional Skills are relevant to the workplace and "provide a foundation for progression into employment or further technical education and develop skills for everyday life". Ofqual, 2019
Learning aims and outcomes
Subject Content: Level 1
Using numbers and the number system – whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages
Use of common measures, shape and space
Handling information and data
Solving mathematical problems and decision making
Functional Skills are relevant to the workplace and "provide a foundation for progression into employment or further technical education and develop skills for everyday life". Ofqual, 2019
Learning aims and outcomes
- To demonstrate mathematical skills and the ability to apply these, through appropriate reasoning and decision making, to solve realistic problems of increasing complexity; and
- Introduce students to new areas of life and work so that they are exposed to concepts and problems which, while not of immediate concern, may be of value in later life; and
- Enable students to develop an appreciation of the role played by mathematics in the world of work and in life generally.
Subject Content: Level 1
Using numbers and the number system – whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages
- Read, write, order and compare large numbers (up to one million)
- Recognise and use positive and negative numbers
- Multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- Use multiplication facts and make connections with division facts
- Use simple formulae expressed in words for one or two-step operations
- Calculate the squares of one-digit and two-digit numbers
- Follow the order of precedence of operators
- Read, write, order and compare common fractions and mixed numbers
- Find fractions of whole number quantities or measurements
- Read, write, order and compare decimals up to three decimal places
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals up to two decimal places
- Approximate by rounding to a whole number or to one or two decimal places
- Read, write, order and compare percentages in whole numbers
- Calculate percentages of quantities, including simple percentage increases and decreases by 5% and multiples thereof
- Estimate answers to calculations using fractions and decimals
- Recognise and calculate equivalences between common fractions, percentages and decimals
- Work with simple ratio and direct proportions
Use of common measures, shape and space
- Calculate simple interest in multiples of 5% on amounts of money
- Calculate discounts in multiples of 5% on amounts of money
- Convert between units of length, weight, capacity, money and time, in the same system
- Recognise and make use of simple scales on maps and drawings
- Calculate the area and perimeter of simple shapes including those that are made up of a combination of rectangles
- Calculate the volumes of cubes and cuboids
- Draw 2-D shapes and demonstrate an understanding of line symmetry and knowledge of the relative size of angles
- Interpret plans, elevations and nets of simple 3-D shapes
- Use angles when describing position and direction, and measure angles in degrees
Handling information and data
- Represent discrete data in tables, diagrams and charts including pie charts, bar charts and line graphs
- Group discrete data and represent grouped data graphically
- Find the mean and range of a set of quantities
- Understand probability on a scale from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain) and use probabilities to compare the likelihood of events
- Use equally likely outcomes to find the probabilities of simple events and express them as fractions
Solving mathematical problems and decision making
- Read, understand and use mathematical information and mathematical terms used at this level;
- Address individual problems as described above;
- Use knowledge and understanding to a required level of accuracy;
- Analyse and interpret answers in the context of the original problem;
- Check the sense, and reasonableness, of answers; and
- Present results with appropriate explanation and interpretation demonstrating simple reasoning to support the process and show consistency with the evidence presented.
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