Numeracy Skills

This main section of the numeracy hub is designed for teachers, parents and students to access the same resources to support the use of a numerical skill, anywhere in the curriculum.

The numeracy skill logo:

This logo is designed to be used by teachers across the school to signpost the relevant skill on the numeracy hub, to support students and parents. A reference written in the blank box will correspond with one of the skills in the table below:

1	Number skills	Understanding place value in a number
2	Number skills	Rounding to whole numbers
3	Number skills	Rounding to decimal places
4	Number skills	Rounding to significant figures
5	Number skills	Estimating the value of a calculation
6	Number skills	Finding the error interval when rounding
7	Number skills	Using mental strategies for addition
8	Number skills	Using mental strategies for subtraction
9	Number skills	Using column addition with integers
10	Number skills	Using column subtraction with integers
11	Number skills	Using column addition with decimals
12	Number skills	Using column subtraction with decimals
13	Number skills	Using written multiplication with integers
14	Number skills	Using written division with integers
15	Number skills	Multiplying by 10, 100, 1000 etc.
16	Number skills	Dividing by 10, 100, 1000 etc.
17	Number skills	Multiplying a decimal by an integer
18	Number skills	Multiplying a decimal by a decimal
19	Number skills	Dividing a decimal by an integer
20	Number skills	Dividing a number by a decimal
21	Number skills	Using the correct order of operations
22	Number skills	Adding and subtracting with negative numbers
23	Number skills	Multiplying and dividing with negative numbers
24	Fraction skills	Understanding what a fraction represents
25	Fraction skills	Finding equivalent fractions
26	Fraction skills	Putting a fraction into its simplest form
27	Fraction skills	Calculating a fraction of an amount
28	Fraction skills	Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages
29	Percentage skills	Understanding what a percentage represents
30	Percentage skills	Calculating basic percentages of amounts
31	Percentage skills	Using a calculator to find a percentage of an amount
32	Percentage skills	Expressing a fraction as a percentage
33	Percentage skills	Using a calculator to apply a percentage change
34	Percentage skills	Using a calculator to apply a repeated percentage change
35	Percentage skills	Working out the percentage change of an amount
36	Percentage skills	Using a calculator to reverse a percentage change
37	Ratio skills	Putting a ratio into its simplest form
38	Ratio skills	Scaling quantities in a given ratio
39	Ratio skills	Dividing an amount in a given ratio
40	Ratio skills	Using ratio with quantities that are proportional
41	Time skills	Reading the time
42	Time skills	Converting between 12-hour and 24-hour time
43	Time skills	Converting between various periods of time
44	Time skills	Knowing how many days are in each month of the year
45	Time skills	Reading and understanding timetables
46	Measurement skills	Reading various different scales
47	Measurement skills	Understanding the purpose of various metric units
48	Measurement skills	Converting between different metric units
49	Measurement skills	Converting between metric and imperial units of distance
50	Geometry skills	Classifying various 2D shapes
51	Geometry skills	Understanding and calculating perimeter
52	Geometry skills	Understanding and calculating area of common shapes
53	Geometry skills	Classifying various 3D shapes
54	Geometry skills	Understanding and calculating volume of common shapes
55	Data Handling skills	Using a table to present information
56	Data Handling skills	Using and understanding a frequency table
57	Data Handling skills	Creating and interpreting bar charts
58	Data Handling skills	Creating and interpreting line graphs
59	Data Handling skills	Creating and interpreting scatter graphs
60	Data Handling skills	Drawing a line of best fit on a scatter graph
61	Data Handling skills	Interpreting pie charts using proportion
62	Data Handling skills	Creating a pie chart
63	Data Handling skills	Understanding and calculating averages
64	Data Handling skills	Understanding and calculating the range