Qualification purpose

Functional Skills Mathematics qualifications are designed to give learners the skills to operate confidently, effectively and independently in education, work and everyday life. They have been created in response to employers’ perceptions that many learners are not achieving a sufficiently firm grounding in the basics.

Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills qualification in Mathematics at Level 1

Qualification objectives

Representing

•  understand practical problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and situations, some of which are non-routine
•  identify and obtain necessary information to tackle the problem
•  select mathematics in an organised way to find solutions

Analysing

•  apply mathematics in an organised way to find solutions to straightforward practical problems for different purposes
•  use appropriate checking procedures at each stage

Interpreting

• interpret and communicate solutions to practical problems, drawing simple conclusions and giving explanations.

 

Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills qualification in Mathematics at Level 2

Representing

•  understand routine and non-routine problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and situations
•  identify the situation or problems and identify the mathematical methods needed to solve them
•  choose from a range of mathematics to find solutions

Analysing

•  apply a range of mathematics to find solutions
•  use appropriate checking procedures and evaluate their effectiveness at each stage

Interpreting

•  interpret and communicate solutions to multistage practical problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and situations
•  draw conclusions and provide mathematical justifications.