1. How to help your child … with maths at school

2. Question … On average, how many words does (a) a Year 9 or 10 student (b) a teacher know the meaning of ?

3. Question … On average, how many words does (a) a Year 9 or 10 student 20,000 (b) a teacher 80,000 know the meaning of ?

4. What is the meaning of this number? 1

5. 10

6. What is the meaning of this number? 100

7. What is the meaning of this number? 1,000

8. What is the meaning of this number? 10,000

9. What is the meaning of this number? 100,000

10. What is the meaning of this number? 1,000,000

11. What is the meaning of this number? 10,000,000

12. What is the meaning of this number? 100,000,000

13. What is the meaning of this number? 1,000,000,000

14. What is the meaning of this number? 10,000,000,000

15. What is the meaning of this number? 100,000,000,000

16. What is the meaning of this number? 900,000,000,000

18. Quote … “Around one in four of the adult population struggle with the basics of numeracy, a skill which can have as much of an impact on life chances as literacy”.

19. What is Numeracy? Numeracy is an individual’s capacity to identify and understand the role that mathematics plays in the world, to make well-founded judgements and to use and engage with mathematics in ways that meet the needs of that individual’s life.

20. Numeracy vs Maths

21. Do you dread “ Can you help me with my maths homework… ” ? Personal bad experience of maths Personal bad experience of maths Worrying your children are better than you Worrying your children are better than you Fear of telling them the wrong thing Fear of telling them the wrong thing

22. Back to basics … Encourage working without a calculator. Can always check answers afterwards. “Show working out”. What we mean is “Write down what you are thinking and explain how you got there!” Allow students to write on rough paper first if they prefer

23. Corbett Maths - Numeracy

24. I have a problem …

25. Sophie gets …

26. Everyday Maths … BOGOF and 2 for 1 Walking up stairs times tables Route Planning – Visualising Day trip planning Weighing and baking Recipes and ratio Estimating values Reading time tables Playing games involving problem solving MyMaths games Darts/Snooker Fractions/Decimals/Percentages (Seen on TV)

27. Reasoning, Problem Solving, Decision Making

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31. Conclusion People in today’s workplaces certainly do need mathematics skills. Required content is predominantly covered sufficiently in the current GCSE curriculum. However, it is the application of this content to the workplace that is not straightforward. PRACTICE

32. Thank you A technology firm took immediate action based on the following result: ◦ 40% of all sick days are taken on a Friday or a Monday!  Is there any reason to be concerned?  Are there swathes of employees extending their weekends?