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Maths is a part of our everyday lives. Knowing the basics will help improve your prospects - and make life a lot easier!

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Everyday Maths Skills - Whole Numbers (Entry Level 3)

We use numbers every day – at work, at home, in the shops and even at the pub. This course will help you get to grips with key whole number skills. (2 hours 30 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Common Measures (Entry Level 3)

All around us are things we need to measure – the temperature of the oven, the amount of petrol we need to put in the car, the size of curtains we need to buy. Good measuring skills are essential in our lives and this course will help you get to grips with measurements. (4 hours) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Handling Data (Entry Level 3)

We see charts and diagrams every day. They can contain huge amounts of information, facts and figures – but to understand what the data means you need the skills to read it. (2 hours 30 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (Level 1)

Once you’ve grasped the basics of using fractions, decimals and percentages, you’ll be able to make sense of and compare a huge range of different numbers. This course follows Jo, who works as a classroom assistant in a primary school, as she uses fractions, decimals and percentages in her job. (3 hours) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Shape and Space (Level 1)

This course follows Liam, a builder who needs to understand 2D shapes to do his job properly. It focuses on two key areas: solving problems and drawing plans. (1 hours 45 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Whole Numbers (Level 2)

This course looks at the different situations in which we use large, whole numbers at home and at work. It gives you new strategies to help you calculate and compare large numbers. (3 hours) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Common Measures (Level 2)

This course looks at the skills and techniques you need to calculate more complex measurements of money, time, length, distance, weight, capacity, temperature, perimeter, area and volume. You’ll learn how to convert money between currencies and how to calculate journey times. (4 hours 45 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Handling Data (Level 2)

This course will give you the skills you need to understand complex data in charts, diagrams and line graphs. You’ll learn how to collect your own data and how to present it in charts and graphs for other people to use. (4 hours 15 minutes) full details...

Brush Up Maths Level 1 (CD ROM)

Brush Up Maths Level 1 is an ideal refresher course to help you polish key number skills and prepare you for the nationally recognised Certificate in Adult Numeracy Level 1. Each part of the course is designed to build your confidence using numbers and get you ready to take the Certificate test. (3 hours) full details...

Brush Up Maths Level 2 (CD ROM)

If you’re pretty nifty with numbers, why not let the world know? A Level 2 Certificate in Adult Numeracy looks great on your CV because it proves to employers that you can use numbers accurately in a wide variety of everyday situations. Brush Up Maths Level 2 is an ideal refresher course if you want to polish the key number skills you’ll be tested on when you sit the Certificate in Adult Numeracy Level 2. (3 hours) full details...

Number Skills Check (CD ROM)

Not sure how good you are with numbers? Think you could do with some help in certain areas - but you're not sure which ones? Number Skills Check is the first step to improving your number skills. You will be asked to answer lots of different number questions. (2 hours) full details...

Key Skills Primer - Application Of Number

Everyone uses numbers on a daily basis. This could be totting up your shopping bill or using numbers at work. (60 hours) full details...

Cash Crescent

Cash Crescent is a package designed to develop a range of numeracy and some financial literacy skills. (15 hours) full details...

Quizmaster

Want to improve your numeracy skills and have fun at the same time? If you enjoy TV quizzes, then Quizmaster could be just the course for you. Quizmaster takes you on a whistle-stop tour around the world. (10 hours) full details...

House Game

Do you enjoy DIY? If you do, then House Game is a great way to have fun and learn new number skills at the same time. You play House Game on a computer just like a board game. (10 hours) full details...

Preparing for Testing Numeracy Level 2 Online

A course to prepare learners for the National Test in Numeracy at Level 2 (2 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Money Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Addition Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Subtraction Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Time Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Fractions Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Measure and Shape Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Data Handling Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Number Entry 1)

If you sometimes worry that your number skills are letting you down, this course is a great first step to mastering the basics of working with whole numbers. The simple exercises have been designed to take you back to the beginning to build your skills – and your confidence. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Money Entry 1)

If you sometimes get into a muddle when it comes to money, this course takes you right back to basics to help you count and spend your cash. It starts right at the beginning, with a series of fun exercises to help you recognise and remember different coins and notes. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Addition Entry 1)

If you struggle when it comes to adding up, this course is the perfect place to start improving your skills and your confidence. It takes you right back to the beginning. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Subtraction Entry 1)

Subtraction is something that many of us find difficult so if you sometimes struggle with taking away, you’re not alone. This course explores the basic rules of subtraction. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Time Entry 1)

This course is a great place to start if you’ve never quite got to grips with telling the time. You’ll learn about the difference between the hour hand and the minute hand on a clock face and what each hand tells you about the time. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Fractions Entry 2)

We talk about fractions quite often – whether it’s half a pint or a quarter of a mile. If you want to understand more about what fractions are and how to use them, this is the course for you. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Measure and Shape Entry 2)

Want to know how to measure a parcel accurately with a ruler? Or how to estimate the weight of your suitcase? This course is a great place to brush up on the measuring skills that you use and need every day. First, it shows you how you can measure something roughly, using measures like pacing and spanning. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Data Handling Entry 2)

Do you sometimes struggle to make sense of a travel timetable? Or find it hard to understand the data on spreadsheets at work? This course will show you how to read information and data from charts and tables. You’ll learn how to read the information from a recipe and a timetable and how to understand the information on a bar chart. (4 hours) full details...

 

Everyday Maths Skills - Fractions and Decimals (Entry Level 3)

Fractions and decimals are simply different ways of talking about parts of something. Whether you want to know if 2/5 is bigger than 1/3, or need to add decimals using a calculator, this course will give you the key skills to work with parts of numbers. (2 hours 15 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Shape and Space (Entry Level 3)

Whether you’re planning a new kitchen or want to make the best use of space when packing awkward shapes, a good understanding of space and shape will make the task much easier. This course helps you to solve practical problems like these by increasing your understanding of the key properties of 2D and 3D shapes. (2 hours 30 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Whole Numbers (Level 1)

Working with whole numbers crops up in all sorts of everyday situations: at work, at home, at college, at the supermarket, out with friends. This course will help you to brush up on the skills you need to deal with larger whole numbers. (3 hours) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Common Measures (Level 1)

This course follows Susi and Jason as they calculate with measures in their gardening business. It explores the skills they need to measure money, time, length, distance, weight, capacity, temperature, perimeters, areas and volumes. (4 hours 30 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Handling Data (Level 1)

This course will help you to understand and use the data presented in charts, diagrams and line graphs. You’ll learn how to collect your own data and how to present it in charts and graphs for other people to use. (4 hours 15 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (Level 2)

Once you’ve grasped the basics of using fractions, decimals and percentages, you’ll be able to make sense of and compare a huge range of different numbers. This course helps you to develop the skills you need to perform more difficult calculations using fractions, decimals and percentages. (3 hours 15 minutes) full details...

Everyday Maths Skills - Shape and Space (Level 2)

All the objects around us have three dimensions – they have height, width and depth. But when we look at the same object in a picture, a diagram or even a photograph, we can see just its height and width. (1 hours) full details...

Brush Up Maths Level 1 (Online)

Brush Up Maths Level 1 is an ideal refresher course to help you polish key number skills and prepare you for the nationally recognised Certificate in Adult Numeracy Level 1. Each part of the course is designed to build your confidence using numbers and get you ready to take the Certificate test. (3 hours) full details...

Brush Up Maths Level 2 (Online)

If you’re pretty nifty with numbers, why not let the world know? A Level 2 Certificate in Adult Numeracy looks great on your CV because it proves to employers that you can use numbers accurately in a wide variety of everyday situations. Brush Up Maths Level 2 is an ideal refresher course if you want to polish the key number skills you’ll be tested on when you sit the Certificate in Adult Numeracy Level 2. (3 hours 10 minutes) full details...

Number Skills Check (Online)

Not sure how good you are with numbers? Think you could do with some help in certain areas - but you're not sure which ones? Number Skills Check is the first step to improving your number skills. You will be asked to answer lots of different number questions. (2 hours) full details...

Using Percentages

The ability to calculate percentages accurately is a really valuable skill. (10 hours) full details...

Measuring Up

Measuring Up shows you how to take the measurements you need to do your job safely and effectively. How you learn new measuring skills is up to you. (10 hours) full details...

Cash Crescent Next Steps

Welcome back to Cash Crescent. In the second course in the Cash Crescent series, the residents tackle everyday financial problems. (11 hours) full details...

Football Fever

Are you mad about the beautiful game? Football Fever is a fantastic way for football fans to improve their number skills. Play Football Fever on a computer just like a board game. (10 hours) full details...

Preparing for Testing Numeracy Level 1 Online

A course to prepare learners for the National Test in Numeracy at Level 1 (2 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Number Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Money Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Addition Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Subtraction Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Time Stage 2)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Measure and Shape Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Data Handling Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct - Entry Level (Workbooks) (Number Stage 1)

By using your personal Learning Map created with the Number Skills Check, you can identify which of the bite-sized chunks to focus your learning on. These courses are aimed at improving your skills up to Entry Level Three, giving you plenty of opportunity to practise your number skills in everyday situations. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Number Entry 2)

Whether it’s adding up the bill at the supermarket, paying for a round in the pub or picking an order at work, numbers are all around us. This course will help you feel more comfortable when you work with whole numbers. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Money Entry 2)

Money makes the world go around – so it’s worth spending a little time to make sure you’re confident when it comes to counting and spending it. The course uses photographs of actual coins and banknotes to help you become familiar with all the types of money we use everyday and each exercise has been designed to test and improve your basic money-handling skills. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Addition Entry 2)

Whether you want to add up your shopping bill, help your kids with their maths homework or tot up a customer’s bill at work, this course will give you a whole range of new adding skills. You’ll work through the exercises at your own pace and practise key skills like adding in tens, adding two or more numbers together and adding numbers in your head. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Subtraction Entry 2)

This course is perfect if you want to brush up on the skills you need to solve everyday subtraction problems at home and at work. You’ll be shown how to carry out key subtraction tasks like counting on in tens, subtracting two digit numbers and carrying numbers when subtracting. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Time Entry 2)

This is a perfect course if you’re already confident about the basics of telling the time but want to brush up on the skills you need for trickier time tasks. You’ll begin by practising telling the time using full hours before you move on to telling the time when it’s half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Measure and Shape Entry 1)

This course will help you get to grips with basic measuring skills and is a great introduction to the different shapes that are all around us. It begins by looking at some of the everyday words we use to describe things – words like large, small, long, tall, short, narrow and wide – and you’ll practise comparing the size of different objects. (4 hours) full details...

Numbers Direct Entry Level (Data Handling Entry 1)

We come across charts and tables every day because they show lots of information in a way that’s easy to understand. This course will help you to find, read and understand the information you need quickly and easily. (4 hours) full details...

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