Take a look at these sample pages questions for Functional Skills from AQA.

This two page spread has been taken from the Foundation Student book (published last month) and all of the questions are set in the context of the Glastonbury Festival.

The samples test basic number skills and data interpretation – try them with your Foundation-Level class.

Confused about Functional Skills?
From 2010 Functional Maths will be appearing in two places: (i) there will be Functional questions within GCSE papers (30-40% in Foundation papers, 20-30% in Higher papers), and (ii) there will be a new standalone Functional Maths qualification. We’ve blogged before about Functional, and you’ll find all the detail you need on these pages of our blogsite.

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