What is
Functional Maths?
Entry Level
Every day maths
We face lots of maths problems every day – some
simple, some not so simple. Here are some
examples.
Shopping…
Have you ever gone to the shop and wondered if you had
enough money to pay for all your shopping?
Shopping…
Have you ever gone to the shop and wondered if you had
enough money to pay for all your shopping?
Round your items to the nearest 10p or
£1 and guess the cost!
Actual Rounded
price
price
Bread
Milk
Eggs
Magazine
(£1.42)
(96p)
(95p)
(£1.99)
(£5.32)
£1.50
£1
£1
£2
£5.50
Sale!!
A designer outlet
advertises a sale event
of up to 50% off goods,
can you work out your
savings?
This jumper was
£20, now with 10%
off.
10% of £20 = £2
£20 - £2 = £18
Gardening…
You want to put some new flowers in your garden,
you have worked out that you can have 3 rows of 4
flowers.
How many
flowers do you
need to buy?
3 rows x 4 flowers =12
Shapes…
Which of these shapes
are 2D?
3D
Cylinder
Rectangl
2D
e
Which are 3D?
Cube
3D
Can you label
them?
Triangle
2D
Circle
2D
Savings….
You are saving up to go on holiday next year. You
decide that you can save £2 a week.
How much will
you have saved
after 8 weeks?
Can you see
the pattern?
Week
£
Week 1
2
Week 2
4
Week 3
6
Week 4
8
Week 5
10
Week 6
12
Week 7
14
Week 8
16
What will you learn?
Adding and subtracting.
What will you learn?
How to solve number problems.
What will you learn?
How to round
numbers.
What will you learn?
Fractions.
= 1/10
What will you learn?
Measurements.
What will you learn?
Number patterns.
What will you learn?
Handling
money.
What will you learn?
Shapes.
What will you learn?
Finding information from lists and charts.
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