Lots of my ESOL students still get confused with some numbers. Seventy becomes 17 rather than 70 and sixteen is sometimes written as 60 rather than 16. Try this matching quiz to see if you can get them right.
Jan 022012
Jan 022012
Here is another weight quiz
Jan 022012
Thanks to Tracie for this quiz about weight.
Jan 022012
Many students read scales incorrectly because they assume each division on the scale is one unit.
For instance they would look at this scale and read it as 69 mph as it is one division before 70. This is wrong! Always work out what each division means first. On this speedometer 5 divisions mean 10mph. So each division is 2mph. It is pointing at 68mph.
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An exercise to help ESOL students find the right words in different calculations.
Complete the sentence
Dec 302011
Do you think you are ready to start studying Numeracy at Entry Level 1 in either Functional Skills or Adult Numeracy? If so have a go at this self assessment. If you get more than 30% right, then you probably should be in an Entry 1 class. This decision will be up to your teacher- this assessment is purely for your own benefit as it would be possible to do it lots of times and learn the answers without learning the maths! If you get a score above 80%Â try the Entry Level 2 self assessment.
Dec 302011
Do you think you are ready to start studying Numeracy at Entry Level 2 in either Functional Skills or Adult Numeracy? If so have a go at this self assessment. If you get more than 50% right, then you probably should be in an Entry 3 class. This decision will be up to your teacher- this assessment is purely for your own benefit as it would be possible to do it lots of times and learn the answers without learning the maths! If you get a score above 80% you are probably ready to try some practice tests. Ask you teacher to help you find these. If you score less than 50% don’t despair- try the Entry 1Â self assessment.
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Dec 302011
Do you think you are ready to start studying Numeracy at Entry Level 3 in either F
unctional Skills or Adult Numeracy? If so have a go at this self assessment. If you get more than 50% right, then you probably should be in an Entry 3 class. This decision will be up to your teacher- this assessment is purely for your own benefit as it would be possible to do it lots of times and learn the answers without learning the maths! If you get a score above 80% you are probably ready to try some practice tests. If you are studying Functional Skills find out which exam board you college uses and visit their website to find some practice tests or past papers. If you score less than 50% don’t despair- try the Entry 2Â self assessment.
Dec 302011
Do you think you are ready to start studying Numeracy at Level 1 in either Functional Skills or Adult Numeracy? If so have a go at this self assessment. If you get more than 50% right, then you probably should be in a Level 1 class. This decision will be up to your teacher- this assessment is purely for your own benefit as it would be possible to do it lots of times and learn the answers without learning the maths! If you get a score above 80% you are probably ready to try some practice tests. If you are studying Functional Skills find out which exam board you college uses and visit their website to find some practice tests or past papers. If you score less than 50% don’t despair- try the Entry 3Â self assessment.
This assessment is set in the context of working on an allotment- but it is suitable for anyone to try.
Dec 302011
Do you think you are ready to start studying Numeracy at Level 2 in either Functional Skills or Adult Numeracy? If so have a go at this self assessment. If you get more than 50% right, then you probably should be in a Level 2 class. This decision will be up to your teacher- this assessment is purely for your own benefit as it would be possible to do it lots of times and learn the answers without learning the maths! If you get a score above 80% you are probably ready to try some practice tests. If you are studying Functional Skills find out which exam board you college uses and visit their website to find some practice tests or past papers. If you score less than 50% don’t despair- try the Level 1 self assessment.
This assessment is set in the context of driving a taxi- but it is suitable for anyone to try.
Dec 172011
Here is a great logic puzzle. When you’ve got the hang of it see if you can find a way to record how many jumps each number of frogs takes. Is there a pattern?
Dec 072011
A great resource for Interactive White Board from the National Numeracy Strategy
Teaching the time-interactive clock
Dec 072011
Here is a Functional Skills exercise about missed dentist appointments.
Dec 042011
Can you tell the time correctly using digital and analogue clocks?
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Nov 252011
Great video from the ATM to show how learning tables can be fun!
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Solving simple ratio problems.
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