1. Prepare for your functional skills exam

2. Course aims
Discuss 1
Revise 2
Complete 3

3. Maximise your marks
Work in a group of two or three. It doesn’t matter what level you are working towards.
Talk about the strategies you use to make sure you get the highest marks possible.

4. Maximise your marks
Watch the video. The teacher gives six tips for passing your functional maths exams.
Make a list of the tips as you watch.

5. What do you think? Did you discuss the same ideas?
Are there any more ideas you talked about in your groups?
Another video is available at

7. You Tube your maths
You tube can be a very useful tool for revising for your exam because:
You can watch instead of reading (or sometimes both) which may help you to remember it better
You can stop the video at any time and play it as many times as you want

8. You Tube your maths - tips
Search for “Functional skills maths exam tips” for more videos like this one.
Search for a topic, for example, ratio. Try typing in “functional skills ratio Level …” to be sure you are getting information at the right level

9. Other websites to try BBC Skillswise (Level 1) BBS Bitesize
Maths is fun
Use your green book!