Functional Skills Maths – Level 1 builds practical numeracy for everyday life, covering calculations, problem solving, measurements, and data handling. Ideal for learners seeking confidence, workplace readiness, and progression opportunities.
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Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 is a comprehensive course designed to build strong functional maths abilities through practical learning. This Level 1 maths programme develops numeracy skills, basic calculations, and everyday mathematics knowledge. Learners improve maths confidence by mastering numbers, operations, and essential techniques for real-world applications and academic success.
The curriculum covers large numbers, rounding, negative and positive numbers, factors, multiples, fractions and percentages, decimals, and multiplication methods. Students explore measurement, time, estimation, ratios, scale drawings, money, and formula-based calculations. With a focus on problem solving, this course helps learners apply mathematical concepts confidently in daily situations and workplace environments.
This Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 course also introduces data handling, statistics, probability, geometry, areas, perimeters, volume, and surface area. Designed for effective exam preparation, it supports learners in developing accurate mathematical reasoning and practical skills. By completing the course, students gain the knowledge needed to succeed in further education, employment, and everyday life.
After completing the Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 helps learners develop essential numerical skills needed for everyday life, education, and employment. This course focuses on practical mathematics, including calculations, problem-solving, and applying mathematical knowledge in real-world situations.
Studying Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 improves confidence with numbers and strengthens logical thinking abilities. The course provides valuable skills for personal and professional development, helping learners make informed decisions and progress towards further learning and career opportunities.
The Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 course has a total study time of 11 hours, 37 minutes. This practical programme is designed for flexible learning, allowing learners to progress at their own pace while developing essential mathematical skills, including calculations, problem-solving, number concepts, and applying maths confidently in everyday and workplace situations.
The Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 course requirements are simple and beginner friendly. Learners should have basic numeracy skills, an interest in improving mathematical understanding, and a willingness to practice everyday problem-solving. Access to an internet-enabled device and commitment to regular study are recommended for effective learning and successful progress.
This course teaches essential practical maths skills, including basic calculations, fractions, decimals, percentages, measurements, data handling, and problem-solving for everyday and workplace situations.
No. It is suitable for beginners who want to build confidence in mathematics and develop practical numeracy skills.
The course is delivered online, allowing you to learn at your own pace.
Yes. Practice exercises, mathematical problem-solving activities, and assessments may be included to reinforce learning.
You will receive a certificate of completion after successfully finishing the course.
This course supports career development in administration, retail, customer service, office roles, apprenticeships, and further education pathways that require practical maths skills.
| Section 1: Introduction | |||
| Lecture 1: Introduction Video | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Quick Guide | 00:01:00 | ||
| Section 2: Read, Write, Compare and Order Large Numbers | |||
| Lecture 1: Read & Write Large Numbers Part 1 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Read & Write Large Numbers Part 2 | 00:13:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Compare and Order Large Numbers | 00:12:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 3: Rounding off Numbers | |||
| Lecture 1: Why do you Round off a Number? | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Rounding off techniques | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Practice Problems Part 1 | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Practice Problems Part 2 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Rounding to Significant Figures | 00:15:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 4: Negative & Positive Numbers | |||
| Lecture 1: Number System | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Integers and Ordering of Integers | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Addition and Subtractions of Integers | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Operations on Integers | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Multiplication and Division of Integers | 00:07:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 5: Factors and Multiples | |||
| Lecture 1: Factors and Multiples Basics | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Divisibility tests for 2,3,4,5,6 | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Divisibility tests for 7,8,9,10,11 | 00:11:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Prime Factorisation | 00:13:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Highest Common Factor HCF | 00:13:00 | ||
| Lecture 6: HCF – Division Method | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 7: Least Common Multiple LCM | 00:14:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 6: Fractions | |||
| Lecture 1: Classification of Fractions | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Convert mixed to improper and improper to mixed fractions | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Equivalent Fractions | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Comparing Fractions after converting to like fractions | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Reducing a fraction to the lowest term | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 6: Addition & Subtraction of fractions | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 7: Multiplication and Division of Fractions | 00:11:00 | ||
| Lecture 8: Find Fractions of whole number quantities or measurements | 00:08:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 7: Decimal numbers | |||
| Lecture 1: Expanded form of Decimals | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Expanded form to Decimal form | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Writing fractions to Decimals | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Converting Decimals to a fraction | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Like & Unlike Decimals | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 6: Comparing & Ordering Decimal Numbers | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 7: Addition and Subtraction of Decimals | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 8: Multiplication of Decimals | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 9: Division of Decimals | 00:06:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 8: Multiply and Divide by 10,100,1000 etc. | |||
| Lecture 1: Multiply whole numbers and decimals by 10,100 & 1000 | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Divide whole numbers and decimals by 10,100 & 1000 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 9: Squaring of one-digit and two-digit numbers | |||
| Lecture 1: Squaring of one-digit and two-digit numbers | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 10: Formula in words for 1 step or two steps operations | |||
| Lecture 1: Simple Formula in words for one step or two steps operations | 00:09:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 11: Length Mass & Capacity | |||
| Lecture 1: Intro to the metric system | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Length, Mass & Capacity | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Length, Mass & Capacity Addition & Subtraction | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 12: Time | |||
| Lecture 1: Converting 12-hour time to a 24-hour time | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Converting 24-hour time to a 12-hour time | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Conversion to different units of Time | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Addition with Time | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Subtraction with Time | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 6: Multiplication with Time | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 7: Division with Time | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 8: Finding Time interval between given timings Part 1 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 9: Finding Time interval between given timings Part 2 | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 10: Past Paper problem Q1 | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lecture 11: Past Paper problem Q2 | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lecture 12: Past Paper problem Q3 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 13: Past Paper problem Q4 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 14: Past Paper problem Q5 | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 13: Order of Operations rule- PEMDAS | |||
| Lecture 1: Order of Operations – PEMDAS | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Practice Problems on – PEMDAS | 00:05:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 14: Estimation | |||
| Lecture 1: Estimation and approximation | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Estimation using Fractions and Decimals | 00:03:00 | ||
| Section 15: Simple Ratio & Direct Proportion | |||
| Lecture 1: Simple Ratio and Direct Proportion Part 1 | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Simple Ratio and Direct Proportion Part 2 | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Simple Ratio and Direct Proportion Part 3 | 00:04:00 | ||
| Section 16: Scale Drawing | |||
| Lecture 1: Scale Drawing | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 17: Percentage | |||
| Lecture 1: What is the meaning of Percentage? | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Percentage to Fraction | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Percentage of a quantity and conversation to Decimal | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Expressing one Quantity as a Percentage of another Quantity | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Calculate Percentages of amounts, increase, decrease by 5,10,15% | 00:11:00 | ||
| Section 18: Simple Interest and Discounts | |||
| Lecture 1: Calculate simple interest in multiples of 5% on amounts of money | 00:11:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Calculate discounts in multiples of 5% on amounts of money | 00:08:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 19: Money | |||
| Lecture 1: Problems based on Money | 00:06:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 20: Statistics | |||
| Lecture 1: What is statistics? | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Representation of discrete data in Tables | 00:11:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: One-way Tables | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: Two-way Tables | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Grouping of a discrete data Part 1 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 6: Grouping of a discrete data Part 2 | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 7: Represent discrete data in Bar Charts (Graphs)Part 1 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 8: Represent discrete data in Bar Charts (Graphs)Part 2 | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 9: Pie Charts (Circle graphs) Part 1 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 10: Pie Charts (Circle graphs) Part 2 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 11: Pie Charts (Circle graphs) Part 3 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 12: Mean & Range | 00:09:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 21: Probability | |||
| Lecture 1: Probability on a scale from 0 to 1 | 00:12:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Probabilities of simple events Part 1 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Probabilities of simple events Part 2 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 22: Geometry | |||
| Lecture 1: Lines & Angles | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Introduction to Triangles | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Polygons | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 4: More 2D Figures | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 5: Line symmetry | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 23: Areas and Perimeters | |||
| Lecture 1: Area & Perimeter Part 1 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 2: Area & Perimeter Part 2 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 3: Area & Perimeter Part 3 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Downloadable Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 24: Volume and Surface Area | |||
| Lecture 1: Calculation of the volumes & Surface Area of cubes and cuboids | 00:08:00 | ||
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