Functional Skills Maths: Tackling the Non-Calculator Section

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About Course

Every reformed Functional Skills Maths qualification in England includes non-calculator questions worth 25% of the assessment. This course explains how that section works and teaches reliable written and mental methods for the calculations you are most likely to meet, with worked examples and common mistakes.

This course gives general preparation for the non-calculator part of Functional Skills Maths in England. Assessment layout and timing depend on your awarding organisation, so always check its current specification and sample papers.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Understand how the non-calculator part of Functional Skills Maths is set out
  • Use reliable written methods for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing
  • Work out fractions and percentages of amounts without a calculator
  • Check answers using estimation and inverse operations

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • How the non-calculator section works
  • Written methods for the four operations
  • Fractions, percentages, estimation and checking

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

Final Assessment

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