Functional Skills Maths Level 1

Having your Functional Skills Maths (or GCSE equivalent) qualification is vital for many careers and could help you to progress into the career you want, as many careers require a basic level of maths and English.

Your Functional Skills qualification will also enable you to continue your education as it is a requirement for many further education courses, especially at degree level.

• Count in steps of various sizes, including negative numbers
• Read, write and understand positive whole numbers to one million
• Order and compare whole numbers of any size, and fractions, ratios and decimals and recognise the effect of multiplying and dividing by powers of 10, 100 and 1000
• Identify, compare and extend a range of numerical and spatial patterns
• Use, understand and calculate with fractions, decimals and percentages
• Calculate simple interest

• 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

• Work out simple relationships between common units of measurement to define quantities, also involving mathematical terms for position and direction
• Apply and use calculations with common measures including money, time, length, weight and capacity
• Visualise, draw and describe 2-D and 3-D shapes and use properties of 2-D shapes in calculations

• 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

• Select, construct and interpret a range of statistical diagrams in various contexts
• Select and use methods and forms to present and describe outcomes
• Extract and interpret information from tables, diagrams, charts and graphs
• Apply simple statistics and recognise features of charts to summarise and compare sets of data
• Recognise and use the probability scale and interpret probabilities

• 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