Functional Skills Level 1 Maths worksheet covering fractions through realistic catering and kitchen management scenarios. Learners simplify fractions, find fractions of quantities and adjust recipes for different numbers of guests using practical, workplace-based questions. Includes answers and is fully aligned with the DfE Functional Skills Level 1 curriculum.

Perfect for Functional Skills Level 1, Adult Numeracy and Key Stage 3/4 intervention groups.

Unlike many Functional Skills resources, this worksheet avoids childish clip-art and primary school themes, making it suitable for teenage and adult learners who want age-appropriate, engaging materials.

What’s included

✔ Clean printer-friendly worksheets inside for economical classroom printing.
✔ 10 structured questions progressing from core skills to applied problem solving.
✔ Full teacher answer key with clear step-by-step solutions.
✔ Ready-to-print classroom worksheet.

Learners will practise

• Simplifying fractions
• Finding fractions of quantities
• Comparing fractions
• Adjusting recipes
• Scaling ingredients for different numbers of guests
• Solving multi-step catering problems
• Applying fractions in realistic workplace situations

Ideal for

• Functional Skills Level 1
• Adult Numeracy
• Key Stage 3/4 intervention
• Classroom teaching
• Independent learning
• Homework
• Revision
• Adult education

Curriculum coverage

• Fractions
• Simplifying fractions
• Fractions of amounts
• Multi-step calculations
• Catering maths
• Functional Skills Level 1

New classroom-ready Functional Skills resources are added regularly.

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