Functional Skills

This course covers all required Entry Level 2 competencies, including:

1. Numbers, Calculations & Place Value

Learners will:

• Count reliably up to 100 items.

• Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 200.

• Recognise and sequence odd and even numbers up to 100.

• Use mathematical symbols +, –, ×, ÷, = correctly.

• Add and subtract two-digit numbers.

• Multiply using 0×0 to 12×12 times tables.

• Divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and express remainders.

• Round numbers to the nearest 10 and use this to check answers.

2. Fractions & Decimals

Learners practise simple fractional and decimal concepts:

• Recognise halves, quarters, and tenths of whole numbers and shapes.

• Read, write and use decimals to one decimal place.

3. Money, Time & Everyday Measures

This course includes practical real-life maths such as:

• Calculating money with pence up to £1, whole-pound items, and using £/p symbols.

• Reading and recording time:

  • Analogue clocks in hours, half-hours, quarter-hours

  • 24-hour digital clocks

• Using metric measures:

  • Length: mm, cm, m, km

  • Weight: g, kg

  • Capacity: ml, l

• Reading and comparing positive temperatures.

• Reading and using scales to the nearest labelled division.

4. Shapes, Space & Position

Learners will:

• Recognise and name 2D & 3D shapes such as pentagons, hexagons, cylinders, cuboids, pyramids, spheres.

• Describe shape properties (sides, edges, faces, corners, angles, base).

• Use positional vocabulary including inside, outside, middle, below, forwards, backwards.

5. Handling Information & Data

At this level, learners begin working with more structured information:

• Extract information from lists, tables, diagrams and bar charts.

• Make numerical comparisons using bar charts.

• Sort and classify using two criteria.

• Convert information from one format to another, including creating bar charts.