Getting Ready for Functional Skills Maths – Enrty 2

About this course

The course prepares learners for the Entry 2 Functional Skills Maths qualification through classroom activities and online practice materials. Topics include number operations, fractions, decimals, money, time, metric measurement, temperature, shapes, position and direction, and interpreting information from lists, tables, diagrams and bar charts. Learners’ progress is assessed through a folder of work and a Personal Learning Plan, which the tutor reviews and marks. Successful completion can lead to the Entry 2 Functional Skills Maths course.

What you'll learn

• Apply addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to whole numbers, including interpreting remainders and checking results by rounding.
• Recognise and use simple fractions, decimals, odd and even numbers, mathematical symbols and place-related number information.
• Calculate with money and use clocks, calendars, metric measurements, scales and positive temperatures.
• Identify common two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes and describe their properties, position and direction.
• Extract, compare and classify numerical information from lists, tables, diagrams and bar charts.

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for learners preparing to progress to Entry 2 Functional Skills Maths. An initial assessment is required, with established Maths skills at Entry 2 as a minimum, alongside language skills corresponding to ESOL Entry 2 or Entry 3. Participation involves classroom activities, online practice and maintaining assessed course work.

Before you go

• Learners should bring a 30 cm ruler, A4 writing pad, ring-binder or folders, pencils, a rubber, a highlighting pen and a scientific calculator. A Casio FX-series calculator is suggested.