Edexcel Functional Skills Maths Level 2

• Positive and negative numbers
• Addition and subtraction in a practical context
• Multiplication and division in a practical context
• Factors and multiples
• Fractions and decimals
• Estimation

• Ratios
• Scaling quantities
• Using map scales
• Percentages
• Converting percentages, fractions and decimals
• Compound interest

• Substituting equations
• Simplifying equations and multiplying out brackets
• Changing the subject of an equation
• Solving simple equations
• Unit conversion
• Speed, distance and time
• Density

• Perimeter and area of 2D shapes
• Circumference
• Volume
• 3D shapes
• Elevations and plans
• Coordinates

• Qualitative and quantitative data
• Continuous and discrete data
• Simple statistical tests on data
• Graphs and charts
• Comparing data
• Understanding probability

Your Functional Skills Maths Level 2 qualification will require you to complete two written exam papers, one with a calculator and one without.

You will also complete a series of tutor-marked assignments throughout your course. This will allow both you and your tutor to track your progress as you make your way through your studies.

Choosing to add the exams package

If you choose to add your exams on to your enrolment, all you need to do is contact us when you are ready to sit your exams, we will book and pay for them on your behalf. You are advised to contact us well in advance of when you intend to sit your exams so that we can confirm your place with the exam board.

Please note, our Functional Skills exam centre locations for this course are as follows:

• Birmingham
• Doncaster
• Bolton
• Wimbledon
• Taunton
• Romford
• St Neots, Cambridgeshire
• High Wycombe

The course-only option

If you do not add your exams to your enrolment, you will be responsible for booking and paying for your exams yourself. If you select this option, you must source and liaise with your chosen exam centre in order to book your exams, Open Study College will not be able to book your exams for you.

You have up to one full year to complete the course starting from your enrolment. During this time, you have access to your course materials and tutor support. You can study at your own pace throughout the year.

Study this course around your busy life and schedule. Whether you want to study at home in your favourite spot on the sofa, at your favourite coffee shop or on public transport, as long as you have your course materials, you are able to study!

Choose to study online or from a course pack, and study at a pace that suits you. Your course pack will include self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked study questions, so you can monitor your progress.

Tutor support is available through email, so help is only a click away!

To gain the full Functional Skills Maths qualification students must sit an exam at an external exam centre.

Once you have successfully completed your course, you will receive your Edexcel Functional Skills Qualification in Maths Level 2.

Edexcel is a highly respected and recognised awarding body and their qualifications allow learners to succeed in life, learning and employment.

Successful students will be able to progress to:

• Further maths study such as GCSE
• Progress higher in the workplace
• Study further vocational study