Functional Skills Maths Level 2: Maths Magic helps learners build practical numeracy skills, improve problem-solving confidence, and prepare for everyday calculations, workplace tasks, and recognised Level 2 maths progression opportunities.
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Ever struggled to work out a shopping discount, check your wages or manage your monthly budget? Maths is part of everyday life, but even simple calculations can feel difficult when you are unsure where to start.
Good maths skills help you do more than solve problems on paper. They make it easier to manage money, understand bills, compare prices and handle numbers at work. Feeling confident with these skills can also help you prepare for further education and career opportunities.
The Functional Skills Maths Level 2: Maths Magic course helps you build your maths knowledge step by step. You will cover essential topics including integers (directed numbers), factors and multiples, fractions, decimals, rational numbers and BODMAS. The lessons also explain approximation, estimation and scientific notation (standard form).
You will then explore percentages, ratios and proportions, the unitary method, and calculations involving profit, loss, discounts and tax. These topics will help you understand everyday calculations and solve practical maths problems with greater confidence.
The course takes approximately 7 hours and 36 minutes to complete. Everything is online and self-paced, so you can study around work, family or other commitments. You also get one year of access to revisit lessons and practise difficult topics. It ends with an automatically marked multiple-choice final exam, and successful learners receive a free CPD-accredited certificate.
Enrol today and start building the maths confidence you need for work, everyday life and further learning.
The course includes a mock exam to help you prepare for the final multiple-choice exam. You need 60% to pass, and the exam is marked automatically with unlimited free retakes.
This is a course assessment, not a regulated Functional Skills exam.
Once you pass, you can receive a CPD-accredited certificate from One Education.
Digital Certificate: free CPD-accredited certificate worth £9.
Printed Certificate: £15, delivered by post.
The certificate confirms course completion but is not an Ofqual-regulated qualification.
Strong maths skills are valuable for employment, further education and everyday life. Employers value practical numeracy skills, from handling calculations and understanding data to solving problems in the workplace. Building these skills can help you work more confidently with numbers and make better everyday decisions.
Studying this Functional Skills Maths Level 2 course helps strengthen your mathematical knowledge, improve your confidence and prepare for further learning or career development. After passing, you can add a CPD-accredited course-completion certificate to your CV as evidence of professional development. This certificate does not replace an Ofqual-regulated Functional Skills Maths Level 2 qualification.
The course includes 7 hours and 36 minutes of learning content. You can study online at your own pace, making it easy to fit lessons around work and daily commitments. You also get one year of access to revisit the materials.
There are no formal entry qualifications required for this course. It is open to learners aged 16 and over, including those who want to improve their basic maths skills.
To study comfortably, you will need:
You do not need any previous qualifications.
Good maths skills are useful across many jobs in the UK. Handling payments, checking invoices, managing stock and keeping records all involve everyday calculations. This course helps you build practical numeracy skills and prepare for further training in business, retail, finance and education.
Administrative Assistant
Administrative assistants organise records, update spreadsheets and check invoices. Good maths skills help you manage expenses, work with figures and keep records accurate.
Salary range: £21,000–£28,000 a year
Customer Service Assistant
Customer service assistants handle payments, refunds and customer enquiries. Maths skills help you calculate discounts, check bills and explain prices to customers.
Salary range: £20,000–£30,000 a year
Sales Assistant
Sales assistants handle payments, check prices and process returns. Understanding percentages and basic calculations helps you work out discounts and complete transactions accurately.
Salary range: £19,000–£27,000 a year
Stock Control Assistant
Stock control assistants count products, check deliveries and update stock records. Maths skills help you calculate quantities, track stock levels and spot errors.
Salary range: £21,000–£30,000 a year
Bookkeeper
Bookkeepers record payments, check invoices and manage financial records. Understanding decimals, percentages and calculations provides a useful foundation for further bookkeeping training.
Salary range: £24,000–£35,000 a year
Teaching Assistant
Teaching assistants support pupils with classroom activities, including maths lessons. Strong numeracy skills help you explain basic calculations and support children with their learning.
Salary range: £19,000–£26,000 a year
A regulated Functional Skills Maths Level 2 qualification is widely accepted as an alternative to GCSE Maths grade 4 (previously grade C). However, this One Education course provides a CPD certificate, not a regulated qualification.
Functional Skills Maths Level 2 can be challenging, especially if you struggle with fractions, percentages or problem-solving. Regular practice and step-by-step learning can make these topics easier to understand.
Functional Skills Maths Level 2 covers numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, measurements and data handling. This course also teaches BODMAS, approximation, standard form and practical calculations involving profit, loss and tax.
To gain a regulated Functional Skills Maths Level 2 qualification, you must pass the required assessments through an approved qualification provider. This One Education course can help you develop relevant maths skills, but it does not award the regulated qualification.
Yes. The course starts with basic maths concepts before moving on to more advanced calculations. It is suitable for learners who want to refresh their knowledge and improve their confidence with numbers.
Yes. After passing the final exam, you can receive a free CPD-accredited PDF certificate worth £9. A printed certificate is also available for £15. This is a course-completion certificate, not an Ofqual-regulated qualification.
John
📍 GB
I just completed Functional Maths Level 2 after passing the exam. This is the second course I did after completing Functional English Level 2. I would recommend them to anyone who needs to brush up on their English and Maths.
| Integers ( Directed Numbers) | |||
| Lecture 1 Introduction | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lecture 2 Multiplying any digit number by 11, 22, and 33 | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 3 Integers and ordering of integers | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 4 Addition and Subtractions of Integers | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 5 Operations on Integers | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 6 Multiplication and Division of Integers | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 7 Powers of Integers (Exponents) | 00:04:00 | ||
| Factors and Multiples | |||
| Lecture 8 Complete knowledge about factors and multiples | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 9 Divisibility tests for 2,3,4,5,6 | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 10 Divisibility rules 7,8,9,10,11 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 11 Prime Factorization | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 12 Highest Common Factor HCF | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 13 Least Common Multiple LCM | 00:16:00 | ||
| Lecture 14 Relation between LCM and HCF | 00:04:00 | ||
| Fractions | |||
| Lecture 15 Classification of Fractions | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 16 Convert mixed to improper and improper to mixed fractions | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 17 Equivalent Fractions | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 18 Comparing Fractions after converting to like fractions | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 19 Reducing a fraction to lowest term | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 20 Addition and subtraction OF fractions | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 21 Multiplication and division of fractions | 00:11:00 | ||
| Lecture 22 Word problems on fractions | 00:16:00 | ||
| Simplification Rule : BODMAS | |||
| Lecture 23 BODMAS and rules to remove brackets | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 24 Simplify expressions using BODMAS rules | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 25 Simplify expressions involving fractions using BODMAS | 00:07:00 | ||
| Decimal numbers | |||
| Lecture 26 Decimal numbers in relation to fractions | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 27 Like and unlike Decimals | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 28 Ordering of Decimal numbers | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 29 Addition and subtraction of Decimal | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 30 Multiplication of Decimal | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 31 Division of Decimal | 00:05:00 | ||
| Rational Numbers | |||
| Lecture 32 Rational number | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lecture 33 Representation of Rational Numbers on Number line | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 34 Determining which fraction is terminating or non terminating | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 35 shortcut method of writing decimal expansion of fraction to decimal | 00:08:00 | ||
| Approximation | |||
| Lecture 36 Rounding to whole number | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 37 Rounding to required number of decimals (1 d.p. ) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 38 rounding to significant digits | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 39 Practice question on three methods of approximation | 00:05:00 | ||
| Estimation and Scientific Notation or Standard form | |||
| Lecture 40 Estimation | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 41 Scientific Notation | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 42 Operation on numbers when they are in scientific notation | 00:06:00 | ||
| Percentage | |||
| Lecture 43 Percentage to fraction and fraction to percentage | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 44 Percentage of a quantity and conversation to decimal | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 45 Expressing one quantity as percentage of another quantity | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 46 Finding increase decrease percent | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 47 Uses of percentages-Word Problems | 00:09:00 | ||
| Ratio and Proportion | |||
| Lecture 48 Ratio- How to express as simple ratio | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lecture 49 How to compare Ratios | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 50 Word problems on finding ratios | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lecture 51 To divide a given quantity into a given Ratio | 00:11:00 | ||
| Lecture 52 Proportion | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 53 Practice problems on Proportion | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 54 Continued proportion | 00:06:00 | ||
| Unitary Method and its Applications | |||
| Lecture 55 Direct Variation ( or proportion) | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 56 Problems based on Direct proportion | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 57 Inverse Variation ( or proportion) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 58 Multiple Ratios | 00:10:00 | ||
| Profit , Loss, discount and Tax | |||
| Lecture 59 Basics – Profit and Loss | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 60 More practice problems on Profit & Loss | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lecture 61 Selling price formula and Problems | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 62 Cost price formula and Problems | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lecture 63 Higher problems on Profit and Loss | 00:08:00 | ||
| Lecture 64 Basics – Discount | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 65 Practice problems on Discount | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lecture 66 Tax | 00:06:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam – Functional Skills Maths – Level 2 | 00:20:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam – Functional Skills Maths – Level 2 | 00:20:00 | ||
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