Maths Functional Skills

Functional Skills Maths Level 2 includes the following units:

• Whole numbers
• Fractions, decimals and percentages
• Using common measures
• Shape and space
• Handling information and data

To pass your Functional Skills Maths Level 2 you’ll need to sit and pass an exam at the end of your course. You’ll be able to book your Functional Skills Maths Level 2 exam when you’re ready.

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.

• Use numbers of any size
• Read, write and make use of positive and negative integers of any size
• Use, order and compare integers, fractions, decimals, percentages and ratios as well as recognise the value of a digit in any whole or decimal number
• Use numerical and spatial patterns for a purpose
• Calculate with, and convert between, numbers written as fractions, decimals, percentages and ratios

• Read, write, order and compare positive and negative numbers of any size
• Carry out calculations with numbers up to one million including strategies to check answers including estimation and approximation
• Evaluate expressions and make substitutions in given formulae in words and symbols
• Identify and know the equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages
• Work out percentages of amounts and express one amount as a percentage of another
• Calculate percentage change (any size increase and decrease), and original value after percentage change
• Order, add, subtract and compare amounts or quantities using
• Express one number as a fraction of another proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers
• Order, approximate and compare decimals
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals up to three decimal places
• Understand and calculate using ratios, direct proportion and inverse proportion
• Follow the order of precedence of operators, including indices

• Handle relationships between measurements of various kinds
• Use angles and coordinates when involving position and direction
• Make use of geometric properties in calculations with 2-D and 3-D shapes and understand the relationships between them

• Calculate amounts of money, compound interest, percentage increases, decreases and discounts including tax and simple budgeting
• Convert between metric and imperial units of length, weight and capacity using a) a conversion factor and b) a conversion graph
• Calculate using compound measures including speed, density and rates of pay
• Calculate perimeters and areas of 2-D shapes including triangles and circles and composite shapes including non-rectangular shapes (formulae given except for triangles and circles)
• Use formulae to find volumes and surface areas of 3-D shapes including cylinders (formulae to be given for 3-D shapes other than cylinders)
• Calculate actual dimensions from scale drawings and create a scale diagram given actual measurements
• Use coordinates in 2-D, positive and negative, to specify the positions of points
• Understand and use common 2- D representations of 3-D objects
• Draw 3-D shapes to include plans and elevations
• Calculate values of angles and/or coordinates with 2-D and 3-D shapes

• Construct, interpret and evaluate a range of statistical diagrams
• Calculate and interpret probabilities
• Calculate, analyse, compare and interpret appropriate data sets, tables, diagrams and statistical measures such as common averages (mean, median, mode) and spread (range)
• Use statistics to compare sets of data
• Identify patterns and trends from data as well as recognise simple correlation

• Calculate the median and mode of a set of quantities
• Estimate the mean of a grouped frequency distribution from discrete data
• Use the mean, median, mode and range to compare two sets of data
• Work out the probability of combined events including the use of diagrams and tables, including two-way tables
• Express probabilities as fractions, decimals and percentages
• Draw and interpret scatter diagrams and recognise positive and negative correlation