I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
Includes
100 page colourful workbook for self-study with methods, worked examples and exam style questions. SUITABLE FOR HOME LEARNING.** ANSWERS INCLUDED**
100 pages of L2 Functional Skills exam type questions with methods shown. I originally wrote this for learners to do in the weeks before an exam when the main teaching was finished. It could also work as a homework book, sections could be used instead of in class handouts or for HOME LEARNING. The book contains explanations and worked examples followed by exam style questions. Covers the functional skills maths Level 2 curriculum and topics are included such as, percentages, fractions,mean and range, bar charts, tables, scale drawing, reverse calculation and ratio. I based it on common mistakes and areas of weaknesses identified by the examiners. Learners have enjoyed using it and hopefully it will helped them pass their exams.
Also useful fro GCSE Foundation
If your students find it useful feel free to leave a review. Hope it brings success to your students.
Topics
Adding and Subtracting 6
Multiply and Divide 7
Division with A Remainder Left 9
Square Numbers 10
Negative Numbers (Temperature) 11
Finding Difference Between Positive and Negative Numbers 13
Fractions of Amounts 14
Percentage of An amount 15
Percentage increase and decrease 16
Rounding 18
Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percentages 19
Sharing Quantities in a Given Ratio 21
Scaling Recipes Up or Down 23
Scaling Up (no direct proportion) 25
Formula 27
Reverse Calculations 29
Calculations with Time 30
Converting Metric Measures 32
Converting Between Metric and Imperial 38
Area and Perimeter 40
Area and Permieter Practical problems 43
Areas of More Complicated Shapes 47
Area of Triangles 49
Circumference and Area of Circles 51
Area of Circles 53
Volume 55
Volume of Cylinders 56
Scale Drawing 58
Scale Maps 66
AVERAGES AND RANGE 69
Probability 75
Tree Diagrams 78
BAR CHARTS 83
Line Graphs 87
Reading Pie Charts 89
Drawing Pie Charts 93
Scatter Graphs
Make maths festive and fun with these Christmas Code-Breaking Worksheets! Perfect for KS2 Primary Maths, this activity helps students practice addition and subtraction in an exciting way. Instead of typical worksheets, kids will solve maths puzzles and reveal fun Christmas illustrations
This resource includes two differentiated worksheets to suit different ability levels, covering key maths topics like place value and adding/subtracting double-digit numbers and beyond.
Ideal for end-of-year classes or a fun assessment at any time, this activity is perfect for KS2, KS3, and Functional Skills Maths students!
If you love this resource, grab the ultimate Christmas bundle for a great value and more festive fun!
Get festive with this Christmas-themed maths workbook! Perfect for KS2, KS3 Maths, GCSE Foundation, and Functional Skills Maths, this 4-page workbook covers Tally Tables, Bar Charts, and Pie Charts in a fun and engaging way.
Students will collate the number of presents using a tally mark grid, then convert the data into a bar graph and finally, represent it in a pie chart . A great way to reinforce important data skills while enjoying some holiday cheer!
Perfect for classroom use or holiday learning at home. Download now and add some festive fun to your data handling lessons!
These Christmas Themed maze worksheets are great for homework, math centers, substitute plans or extra practice of bidmas. There are 3 different levels of mazes to choose from, one with calculations, one with calculations including brackets and the final one, calculations including brackets and powers. They’re super easy to just print and use! A fun way to assess or revise brackets during this Christmas period.
Included:
3 Bidmas mazes
Answer key
★★Boost your Level 1 Functional Skills Maths exam prep with this comprehensive 48-page workbook! Perfect for year-end revision or targeted intervention, this resource features clear method examples and exam-style questions.
Tried and tested, it’s received positive feedback from learners and colleagues alike, aiding those with intermittent attendance to successfully pass their Level 1 exams. ♥♥ Tailored for Functional Skills, it’s also beneficial for GCSE Foundation.
Download now for a valuable tool that includes an answer booklet for easy marking, ensuring effective and efficient exam readiness!★★
Check out other great Level 1 resources such as
[My 70 page Revision Guide Keep Calm and Crush the Exam]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-maths-functional-skills-keep-calm-and-pass-the-exam-l1-11963221)
Are you looking for a practical, real-world approach to teaching ratios, proportions, and problem-solving? This Functional Skills Construction Maths Worksheet: Concrete Ratios Edition is designed to bridge the gap between maths concepts and their tangible applications in construction.
This worksheets focus on the essential skill of mixing concrete, offering scenarios where students must calculate the correct amounts of cement, sand, and aggregate. From figuring out the ratios needed to make specific quantities of concrete, to understanding how changes in these ratios affect the overall mix, your students will engage with maths in a context that is directly relevant to everyday life.
Whether it’s determining the right mix for building a wall, or calculating the cost efficiency of materials, these exercises will help students see the value of maths in the world around them. By working through these problems, they’ll gain a deeper understanding of ratios and proportions, all while solving practical challenges faced in the construction industry.
Empower your students with the knowledge that maths is not just for the classroom—it’s a vital tool used in countless careers, including construction!
Perfect for teachers aiming to provide engaging, hands-on lessons that answer the age-old question: “When will we ever use this in real life?”
Answers included.
★★This resource is part of a discounted bundle that can be found here★★
Spread holiday cheer with this Christmas-Themed Multiplication Mosaic! Perfect for adding festive fun to your lessons, this activity helps students master their times tables in an engaging and creative way.
Ideal for KS2, KS3 Maths, GCSE Foundation, and Functional Skills Maths, students will reveal a charming REINDEER by coloring the correct answers.
With an included answer key for quick assessment, this resource makes holiday learning simple and enjoyable. Download now for a merry math adventure that brightens up the classroom!
✱Promote Fun Learning with the Circumference and Area of Circles Christmas Maze! ✱
Make mastering circles engaging with this Christmas-themed Circumference and Area Maze! Students calculate the circumference and area of circles, using their answers to find the correct path through the maze and reach the finish line. This festive activity adds holiday fun to math practice, helping students stay focused and build confidence with circle calculations.
Why You’ll Love It:
✱Engaging Format: Students stay motivated as they navigate the maze, making circle calculations both fun and challenging.
✱Holiday Spirit: A Christmas theme brings seasonal joy to math practice.
✱Skill Reinforcement: Perfect for reinforcing understanding of circumference and area, enhancing both accuracy and speed.
✱Ideal for classroom warm-ups, festive math activities, or as a fun homework task.
Download now to bring holiday cheer into your math lessons!
Unleash the festive fun with our Ultimate Christmas Bumper Quiz! 100 questions that sparkle with Christmas magic! From General Knowledge to Traditions, Music to Toys, dive into the merry world of Christmas cheer. Perfect for the classroom or a holiday party! Suitable for secondary age students.
Quiz Highlights:
Christmas General Knowledge Galore
Delve into Festive Traditions
Jingle to the Beats of Christmas Music
Decode Christmas Themed Emojis
Nostalgic Christmas Toys Trivia
Explore Classic Christmas Books
Picture Round: Guess the Santa’s!
Why Choose Our Quiz?
This comprehensive resource is a one-stop celebration of all things Christmas! Engage your students or party guests with a mix of knowledge, music, nostalgia, and festive vibes.
**** Perfect for****
Classroom Fun
Virtual Celebrations
Holiday Parties
The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on answer box on each slide if you want to give each answer one by one or there is an answer slide at the end of each section if you want to do it that way. So answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end of each section. An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals / teams to record their answers.
You can 't beat a Team quiz as a fun way to celebrate the Christmas season.
Bring the Joyful Spirit to Your Class or Party!
❄☃ Engage students in festive learning with this Christmas-themed Color by Number Ratio Worksheet! Designed for KS3 Maths, GCSE Maths, and Functional Skills, this fun exercise combines worded sharing in ratio questions with the joy of creating a colorful snowman. ☃
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Key Features:
❶ Practice Worded Sharing in Ratio
❷Colorful Snowman Design
❸ Suitable for All Abilities
Students will enjoy tackling the questions and bringing the snowman to life with vibrant colors. The worksheet is an ideal blend of learning and creativity, making it a perfect addition to your holiday-themed math activities. ❄☃
I have used this with lots of 11-16 year old Maths classes and they have all enjoyed answering the questions and colouring in the boxes to create a snowman.
Download now to add a touch of festive fun to your math lessons!
Bring Christmas Cheer into Your Math Lessons with the Christmas Maths Colour by Numbers Worksheet! ✱✱
Get into the festive spirit while practicing multiplication with this fun Christmas Maths Themed Colour by Numbers worksheet! Perfect for the holiday season, students will solve 2, 3, 5, and 10 times table questions hidden within small squares, and each answer reveals a colour for that square. As they work through the multiplication problems, they’ll uncover a delightful Santa-themed picture!
This worksheet is a fantastic warm-up activity for a multiplication-focused math lesson. Multiplication can be tricky for some students, so this colorful and engaging exercise is a great way to practice times tables while adding some holiday joy to the classroom. ✱✱
Who doesn’t love a fun Christmas-themed math activity? Download now and let your students enjoy the festive season while reinforcing their multiplication skills! ✱✱
Bring Holiday Cheer to Math Class with Our Christmas Emoji Math Worksheets!
Make math practice merry with two differentiated Christmas-themed worksheets! Perfect for KS2, KS3, GCSE Foundation, and Functional Skills students, each worksheet includes 10 festive calculation questions adorned with fun Christmas emojis. The higher-level worksheet offers an extra challenge, incorporating brackets, BIDMAS, square numbers, and percentages to enhance advanced math skills
Key Features:
★ Two differentiated worksheets: foundational and advanced levels
★ 10 festive questions per worksheet, with full answer keys included
★ Perfect for seasonal practice and holiday-themed lessons
❄ Ideal for:
Reinforcing essential math skills
★ Adding holiday spirit to math class
★ Engaging, differentiated practice for all levels
★ Add a dash of Christmas magic to math lessons with these worksheets and bring holiday cheer to learning!
❄☃ Download now to add some festive magic to your math lessons! ☃❄
Suitable for New Reformed Functional Skills Maths also KS3 Maths and GCSE Foundation Maths. A full lesson on Perimeter. Includes a teaching Powerpoint with timed Starter, murder mystery perimeter activity and circumference of circles Joke Codebreaker.
Contains
1 x Timed Starter
1 x 21 slide Interactive Teaching powerpoint
1 x Murder Mystery Perimeter Worksheet
1 x Circumference of Circles Joke Codebreaker worksheet
This lesson starts with a stopwatch starter in which students need to to answer 4 questions based around topics covered in covered in previous lessons.
MainLesson
Topics Covered
Finding perimeter of Squares
Finding Perimeter of Rectangles
Finding Perimeter of Triangles including Equilateral and isosceles triangles
Finding Perimeter of Compound Shapes
Finding Circumference of Circles
Powerpoint includes different types of questions with answers as well as modeled examples and exam style questions.
Answers included
Functional Skills Maths Level 2 Complete Revision Bundle
Master Level 2 Functional Skills Maths with this all-in-one revision solution, perfect for learners aiming to excel.
What’s Included:
170+ Page Colourful Revision Guide: Packed with clear methods and exam-style questions to boost understanding.
20 Exam-Style Task Cards: Practice real-world problems and get interactive help through Boomcards.
L2 Flashcards: Quick and effective study tools to reinforce key concepts on the go.
Why Choose This Bundle?
Perfect for revision sessions and catching up—ideal for apprentices or students with interrupted learning.
Incredible value at just £5—a 50% saving off the £10 value!
Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, this bundle is your ultimate resource for success. Don’t miss out!
♥Elevate your Level 1 Functional Skills Maths preparation with this comprehensive 70-page workbook! This self-study resource is tailored for exam success, featuring methods, worked examples, and exam-style questions.
♥Ideal for revision, it includes a Level 1 diagnostic assessment with an answer sheet, offering a focused approach to identify and address weak areas.
The workbook covers crucial topics like percentages, fractions, mean and range, bar charts, tables, scale drawing, reverse calculation, and ratio.
♥Developed based on common mistakes and identified weaknesses, it aims to enhance learners’ understanding and boost confidence. Suitable for independent study, homework, or in-class handouts, the workbook provides explanations, examples, and practice questions.
♥Aligned with the Level 1 Functional Skills Maths curriculum, it’s designed to support learners in mastering essential concepts. Editable in Word for customization, this resource has proven effective in helping students succeed. If you find it valuable, consider leaving a review.
♥Empower your students with the tools they need for success in Level 1 Functional Skills Maths exams."
Contents of workbook listed below
★Adding and Subtracting 5
★Multiply and Divide 7
★Division with A Remainder Left 9
★Negative Numbers (Temperature) 10
★Fractions of Amounts 12
★Percentage of An amount 13
★Percentage increase and decrease 14
★Percentage increase and Decrease Worded Questions 15
Rounding 16
★Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percentages 17
★Sharing Quantities in a Given Ratio 19
★Scaling Recipes Up or Down 21
★Formula 23
★Reverse Calculations 25
★Calculations with Time 26
★Converting Metric Measures 28
★Area and Perimeter 34
★Area and Permieter Practical problems 36
★Volume 39
★Scale Drawing 40
★Scale Maps 49
★AVERAGES AND RANGE 51
★Probability 55
★Tables 57
★BAR CHARTS 58
★Line Graphs 62
★Reading Pie Charts 64
★Drawing Pie Charts 67
Unlock the World of Time-Telling Magic with This Quarter Past & Quarter To Telling Time Resource!
Enhance your students’ grasp of analogue time effortlessly with this comprehensive Telling Time resource, focused on quarter past and quarter to. Perfect for students transitioning from basic time-telling to mastering the nuances of quarter-hour intervals.
Key Features:
20 Engaging worksheets for quarter past and quarter to
Clear visuals and analog clock practice
Ready-to-use, minimal prep required
Answers included
Why Choose This Resource?
Make time-telling a breeze! Our resource not only covers the basics but delves into the specific challenge areas of quarter past and quarter to, ensuring a solid foundation for time mastery.
Resource Application:
Ideal for Primary 3 to Primary 5
Perfect for whole-class instruction or independent practice
Supports a gradual progression to advanced time-telling skills
Get Ready to Transform Time-Telling Challenges into Triumphs!
★Dive into the intrigue of mathematical mysteries with this captivating Maths Murder Mystery on Averages and Range! Unleash the detective in your students as they crack the code, solve mathematical puzzles, and unveil the culprit behind the statistical mayhem. Perfect for GCSE Foundation Maths 5-1 and Functional Skills Maths Level 2.
Key Features:
►Mathematical Puzzles: Engage learners with suspenseful puzzles that reinforce average and range concepts—making learning both challenging and exciting!
►A Fun Investigative Approach: Transform your classroom into a crime scene as students become detectives, applying their knowledge to crack the case and catch the mathematical culprit.
►Suitable for Various Levels: Tailored for GCSE Foundation Maths 5-1 and Functional Skills Maths Level 2, ensuring adaptability for different learning needs.
5 Tasks Covering Essential Concepts:
★Types of Data
★Mode
★Median
★Mean
★Spread of Data
►Answer Sheet Included: Facilitate seamless assessment with a comprehensive answer sheet. Track progress and identify areas for further exploration.
Who will crack the case and solve the mathematical mystery? The adventure begins now! Reinforce mathematical skills with a thrilling blend of suspense and education—making averages and range concepts unforgettable! ❤❤
Use this summer holiday temperatures line graph to build children’s confidence in interpreting data and reading line graphs at KS2 Maths. Suitable for Functional Skills Maths as well.
Students can interpret a line graph based on the temperature over time in two summer holiday locations. This is a perfect KS2 Maths activity to help children consolidate their data handling knowledge.
With six questions and a handy answer sheet included.
Here is a handy folder containing all the L1 and L2 sample papers currently available for functional skills maths on the city and guilds website.
I have also added a folder with he old papers that are no longer available as well as a folder of the New Reformed FS Sample Papers.
Hopefully this will save hours of work trawling through the C+G website for sample papers.
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