123_Every day math(123)

What is
Functional Maths?
Level 1/2


Every day maths
We face lots of maths problems every day –
some simple, some not so simple. Here are
some examples.


The weather…
The temperature yesterday was 4 degrees.

Weather experts say the
temperature will drop by 8
degrees overnight.
What will the temperature be tomorrow?
4 – 8 =-4
?


Going to the cinema…
You and your three friends decide to
go and watch a new movie in 3D.

Tickets cost £7.50
each or a group
ticket for up to four
is £25.

Which tickets would
be the cheapest?
£30
£7.50 x 4 =
?
Group ticket = £25

Ti
£7.5 ckets
0 ea
4 for ch or
£25


Going to the cinema…
You and your three friends decide to
go an watch a new movie in 3D.

You buy two drinks
and three tubs of
popcorn.
What
is the total
cost for your trip?

Popc
£1.4 orn
2 ea
ch

Ticket (group) = £25
?
s
Drinks
(2 x £1.99)£3.98
=
?
Popcorn(3 x £1.42)£4.26
?
=
£33.24
Total =?

Ti
£7.5 ckets
0 ea
4 for ch or
£25

Dri
£1.9 nk
9 ea
ch


Time…
The film starts at 19:45 and lasts for
90 minutes.
You have to be home by 21:30, do
you have enough time to watch the

film?
19:45 + 90 minutes =
21:1
?
5


Time…
You put the food in
at 21:15. What time
will your dinner be
ready?
21:25 + 25 minutes =
21:5
?
0

Your dinner will take 25
minutes to cook.


Time…
What time train would you need to catch from
Long Road to be at the Ice Skating Rink before
08:30?


Measuring…
This is a table of equivalent imperial and metric
lengths:

Imperial

Metric

1 inch

2.54 cm

1 foot

12
inches

0.3048
m

1 yard

3 foot

0.9144
m

1 mile

1760
yards

1.6093
km

A cricket pitch
is 50 yards
wide.

How wide is this in
m?
0.9144m x 50 =
?45.72
m


What will you learn?
Understanding and using whole
and negative numbers.


What will you learn?
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division using a range of strategies.


What will you learn?
Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.

= 1/10
= 0.10
= 10%

What will you learn?

Ratio.


What will you learn?

Solving problems requiring
calculation with time, money, weight,
length, capacity and temperature.


What will you learn?
Using simple formulae.


What will you learn?
Converting units of measure.


What will you learn?
Calculating area and perimeter in
practical situations.

3.05m

21.12m


What will you learn?

Constructing geometric
diagrams, models and shapes.


What will you learn?
Extracting and interpreting data from
graphs, tables, charts and diagrams.


What will you learn?
Calculating mean, mode,
median and range.

mode
=


What will you learn?
Assessing the likelihood
of an event occurring.


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