Functional Skills Maths Level 2 Intensive (EDEXCEL)

Please note the exams will take place on-site in college. This course is for you if you want to further develop your skills and confidence in: Number Measure, Shape & Space Handling Data You will be working towards a Level 2 national qualification in Functional Maths, which you will take at the end of the course.

In order to enrol onto this course you need to have established skills at Level 2 Maths and Level 2 English as a minimum. You will need to sit a computer based initial assessment to indicate and evidence your current level of Maths and English. If you have been asked to complete an English and/or maths screening test, it is important that you read the following information - The entry requirements on the screening tests are Level 2 English and Level 2 Maths You should allow sufficient time

The course will help you develop some of these skills: NUMBER 1 Read, write, order and compare positive and negative numbers of any size 2 Carry out calculations with numbers up to one million including strategies to check answers including estimation and approximation 3 Evaluate expressions and make substitutions in given formulae in words and symbols 4 Identify and know the equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages 5 Work out percentages of amounts and express one amount as a percentage of another 6 Calculate percentage change (any size increase and decrease), and original value after percentage change 7 Order, add, subtract and compare amounts or quantities using proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers 8 Express one number as a fraction of another 9 Order, approximate and compare decimals 10 Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals up to three decimal places 11 Understand and calculate using ratios, direct proportion and inv

The assessment is an exam which will take place in college. You will have one exam sitting and the option of one re-sit if you need it.