Cookies are used on this website.

Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource. The options may go beyong the scope of this level of the Functional Skills requirements.

• Paradox Arrange the mathematical statements so as not to create a paradox.
• Addition Video A reminder of how to add two or more numbers using the column method.
• Basic Addition A self-marking exercise on addition with increasing levels of difficulty.
• Basic Subtraction A self-marking exercise on subtraction with increasing levels of difficulty.
• Basic Multiplication A self-marking exercise on multiplication with increasing levels of difficulty.
• Basic Division A self-marking exercise on dividing numbers of up to four digits by one or two-digit whole numbers using the formal written methods of short and long division
• Clouds Can you work out which numbers are hidden behind the clouds in these calculations?
• Broken Calculator Some of the buttons are missing from this calculator. Can you make the totals from 1 to 20?
• Chain Challenge How fast can you perform all of the given operations without using a calculator?
• Palindrome Products Use long multiplication and pattern spotting to fill in the table with palindromic products.
• Beat The Clock It is a race against the clock to answer 30 mental arithmetic questions. There are nine levels to choose from.
• Division Video A reminder of how to divide one number into another using short or long division.
• Equatero Find the expression from a series of guesses and clues.
• Yohaku Puzzles Fill in the blank spaces so that the cells give the sum or the product shown in each row and column.
• Cracked Clock Quiz A self marking set of ten mathematical questions about a clock which cracked!
• Make an expression Use the digits given to form an expression equivalent to the given total.
• Masad For each pair of numbers subtract the sum from the product then divide the result by 20 without a calculator.
• Multiplication Video A reminder of how to multiply two numbers using the column method or long multiplication.
• Numskull Interactive, randomly-generated, number-based logic puzzle designed to develop numeracy skills.
• Subtraction Video A reminder of how to subtract one number from another using the column method.
• Partition Clues Partition numbers in different ways according to the clues given. The higher levels are quite hard!
• Which Operation? Decide which mathematical operation is required then use it to find the answers.
• Some Sums and Products Number puzzles involving adding, multiplying and problem solving

Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Arithmetic The ability to perform mathematical calculations is still very important despite our hi-tech environment. Good numeracy skills support the understanding of more advanced mathematical concepts at all levels. Mathematicians still consider mastery of the manual algorithms to be a necessary foundation for the study of algebra and computer science. Pupils should have a good grasp of the meaning of numbers and use their understanding of place value to multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions. They should be able to order, add and subtract negative numbers in context. They should use all four operations with decimals rounding answers where required. They should be able to solve simple problems involving ratio and direct proportion and calculate fractional or percentage parts of quantities and measurements, using a calculator where appropriate. See also the Mental Methods topic and our Number Skills Inventory.