Basic Numeracy:

• Integers & Decimal Fractions
• Directed Numbers
• Powers & Roots
• Factors & Multiples

Using a Calculator:

• Approximations
• Estimation
• Degrees of Accuracy
• The Keys of a Calculator
• Standard Form

Fractions:

• Types of Fraction
• Equivalent Fractions
• Operations Involving Fractions
• The Conversion Between Fractions & Decimal Fractions

Ratio and Proportion:

• Ratio
• Division in a Given Ratio
• Direct Proportion
• Scale Diagrams & Models

Measurement:

• Metric and Imperial Units
• Conversion Between Metric & Imperial Units
• Compound Measures

Percentages:

• Percentages
• Finding a Percentage of an Amount
• Increasing & Decreasing an Amount by a Given Percentage
• Expressing One Quantity as a Percentage of Another

Wages & Salaries:

• Basic Pay
• Overtime Rates
• Commission
• Piecework
• Deductions from Pay

Travel:

• Foreign Currency
• Time
• Timetables
• Statistical Terms
• Numeracy & Statistics

Sampling, Surveys, Questionnaires:

• Surveys
• Censuses
• Samples
• Sampling Methods
• Bias
• Questionnaires
• Pilot Surveys
• Hypothesis Testing

Clarification & Tabulation of Data:

• Tabulation
• Classification of Data
• Tally Charts
• Frequency Tables

Statistics on Display:

• Pictorial Representation of Data
• Pictograms
• Bar Charts
• Pie Charts
• Line Graphs
• Frequency Polygons
• Drawing Inferences from Diagrams

Averages & Range:

• The Arithmetic Mean
• The Mode
• The Median
• The Use of Mean, Mode & Median
• The Mean & Median of a Frequency Distribution
• Range
• Cumulative Frequency

Algebra:

• The Basics of Algebra
• Indices
• Equations
• Harder Equations
• Flow Diagrams
• Formulae
• Rearranging Formulae

Graphs:

• Graphs & Curves
• The Interpretation of Graphs
• Graph Plotting
• Conversion Graphs
• Cartesian Coordinates
• Straight Line Graphs
• Gradients & Intercepts
• Numeracy & Statistics

Geometrical Shapes:

• Lines & Angles
• Polygons
• Circles & Angles
• Tessellations
• 2D Representation of 3D Objects

Mensuration:

• Perimeters of Polygons
• Area
• The Circumference and Area of a Circle
• Volume

Time & Travel Graphs:

• Distance-Time Graphs
• Growth & Decay

Pythagoras and Trigonometry:

• Pythagoras’ Theorem
• Trigonometrical Ratios
• Bearings
• Angles of Elevation and Depression

Reading List

Main Text:
Application of Number - B Gaulter & L Buchanan (Oxford University Press)

Business Essentials - Business Maths: Study Text, BPP Learning Media