Course structure 

NUMERACY 

Percentages – App/Depreciation, Profit/Loss

Fractions – +, -, compare, order FDP

Money – Foreign Exchange, Budget and Planning

SDT – Speed, Distance and Time, Time Zones

Ratio – Direct/Indirect Proportion and Sharing

Measure – Reading Scales

STATISTICS 

Probability – Basic, Exp Frequency, Multiple, Trees

Diagrams – Bar, Line, Pie, Scatter, Frequency Table, Stem and Leaf

Boxplot – Sketch, Quartiles, 5-fig, Comment

Standard Deviation – calculate, comment

GEOMETRY 

Pythagoras – Long and Short Sides, Context

Straight Line – Gradient, Using Pythagoras

2D Shape – Perimeter, Area including Circle

Volume – Cuboids, Prisms, Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

FINANCE 

Income – basic, gross, net, overtime, bonus, commission, benefits, NI, income tax

Budgeting – HP, Product Compare, Shares, Best Buys

MEASURE 

Tolerance – including Percentages, Finding Limits

Precedence – Ordering Tasks, Time Calcs

Scale Drawing – factor, bearings, ±1mm or ±1°

Packing – Without Restrictions or With - This way up

Course Award

To achieve the National 5 Applications of Mathematics Course, learners must pass an external exam consisting of

• Question paper 1 (non-calculator) 35 marks

• Question paper 2 55 marks

National 5 Courses are graded A, B, C, D