Business Core Maths Toolkit

Core Maths Foundations for Business

Many Business students don’t struggle because they cannot do maths.

They struggle because they don’t always recognise which maths they need to use once the numbers appear inside a Business context.

The Teaching Business Business Maths Toolkit has been designed to help bridge that gap.

This highly visual workbook develops the core numerical foundations students need before tackling more specialised Business calculations. Familiar mathematical skills are introduced through realistic Business situations, carefully worked examples and progressively more challenging practice.

Rather than presenting students with another collection of formulas to memorise, the toolkit helps them understand what the numbers are doing, how to approach the calculation and whether their answer actually makes sense.

Core skills covered

Students develop confidence with:

• percentages and percentage estimation
• percentage change
• percentage increases and decreases
• fractions and proportions in Business contexts
• writing, simplifying and interpreting ratios
• calculating and critically interpreting the arithmetic mean
• reading and interpreting bar charts, line graphs and pie charts
• constructing an appropriate graph from raw data
• understanding the basic principles of histograms
• calculating and interpreting index numbers
• selecting the correct information from tables, charts and data
• applying several mathematical skills within unfamiliar Business contexts

The opening sections provide clear explanations and worked examples before gradually reducing the level of support.

The final practice section then requires students to select the appropriate mathematical approach for themselves, work accurately with less convenient figures and apply their skills to business data, charts and realistic scenarios.

The result is a resource that can be used both to teach the foundations and subsequently assess whether students can actually apply them independently.

Designed for real students

The workbook uses colour, imagery, concise explanations and clearly structured activities to make Business numeracy feel approachable without reducing the level of challenge.

It has been designed primarily for A Level Business students, while also making it particularly useful for:

• GCSE-to-A-Level transition
• numeracy intervention
• students requiring additional mathematical support
• SEND and learning-support programmes
• private Business tutors
• revision and independent study

Teacher Answer Guide included

Every purchase includes a separate Teacher Answer Guide containing:

complete calculations
clear workings
appropriate rounding
graph solutions
suggested interpretations where required

Digital Edition — £19.95

Includes:

20-page Student Workbook
Full Teacher Answer Guide
Single School/College Printing Licence

Use it with an individual intervention group, a whole class or across your Business department.