Course description
Functional Skills Maths (Distance Learning)
All assessments are externally set and marked by our awarding body, Open Awards.
You will be required to pass an externally set and marked assessment which tests your ability to use Maths in practical settings such as: Work and education / Community, citizenship and environment / Family, home and social issues.
You will only sit the externally set and marked assessment when you are ready, and our Exams department arranges this at a time that is convenient for you.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Functional Skills give you the opportunity to demonstrate real-life English and Maths skills and achieve a qualification as an alternative route to GCSEs.
Functional Skills English Level 2 is at the same level as a GCSE grade C or above (legacy GCSE grading), or Level 4 or above (reformed GCSE grading).
Many universities now accept Functional Skills instead of an English Language GCSE. Level 2 Functional Skills qualifications can also be used to meet the requirements of Advanced Level Apprenticeships.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the institute website.
Training Course Content
What you will study:
You learn to deal with Mathematical problems that will help you develop skills in representing, analysing and interpreting information.
Examples of the types of task you will work on include, but is not limited to:
- Carrying out calculations with numbers of any size in practical contexts, to a given number of decimal places
- Understanding, using and calculating ratio and proportion, including problems involving scale
- Understanding and using equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages
- Understanding and using simple formulae and equations involving one or two- step operations
- Finding area, perimeter and volume of common shapes
- Using, converting and calculating metric and, where appropriate, imperial measures
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