<section><h2><h1>Take a quick numeracy quiz</h1></h2><p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-9aac8ffd-7fff-a336-9456-f484f42f6c04">Answer these 6 questions to help you understand areas of numeracy you might want to improve.</p><p dir="ltr">The questions have:</p><ul id="docs-internal-guid-89d6f854-7fff-d24a-7240-db2401b2a27b"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">no pass or fail mark</p></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">multiple-choice options for answers</p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><br />It should take around 5 minutes to complete all the questions and you can use a calculator if you wish.<br /></p></p></section><section><h2><h2><strong>Question 1</strong></h2></h2><p><p>What is 7:20 pm on the 24 hour clock? </p></p></section><section><h3><h2><strong>Question 2</strong></h2></h3><p><p>You want to buy from the supermarket 3 sandwiches, 2 cakes and 1 apple. <br /></p><ul><li>Sandwiches cost £3.50 </li><li>Cakes cost £2.50 </li><li>Apples cost 30p </li></ul><p> </p><p>How much money will you need?</p></p></section><section><h3><h2><strong>Question 3</strong></h2></h3><p><p dir="ltr">You buy a large bar of chocolate to share between you and 3 other people. <br /><br />You each get 4 pieces of a 16 piece chocolate bar. <br /><br />How much have you eaten as a percentage?</p><p dir="ltr"> </p><details class="details" data-module="details"><summary class="details__summary"><span class="details__summary-text">What are percentages (%)</span></summary> <div class="details__text">A percentage is an amount of something, it is often shown as a number out of 100, for example 60%. </div></details></p></section><section><h3><h2><strong>Question 4</strong></h2></h3><p><p dir="ltr">You have played a game 4 times and scored: 3, 5, 7, 9 points. What is the average (mean) of your scores? </p></p></section><section><h3><h2><strong>Question 5</strong></h2></h3><p><p dir="ltr">You decide to bake a pie.</p><p dir="ltr">The recipe tells you that the ingredients for the pie crust are in the ratio of 3:2:1</p><ul dir="ltr"><li>3 parts flour</li><li>2 parts butter</li><li>1 part sugar</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><p dir="ltr">The recipe says you need 300g of flour.</p><p dir="ltr">How many grams of butter and sugar will the recipe require? </p><p><br /></p><details class="details" data-module="details"><summary class="details__summary"><span class="details__summary-text">What are ratios </span> </summary> <div class="details__text">Ratios compare two or more numbers and show their sizes in relation to each other. </div></details></p></section><section><h3><h2><strong>Question 6</strong></h2></h3><p><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">You have an annual salary of £34,000. You have a tax allowance of £10,000 and you pay a basic rate of income tax at 20% </p><p dir="ltr">How much income tax is deducted from your monthly salary?<br /><br /></p><details class="details" data-module="details"><summary class="details__summary"><span class="details__summary-text">What is tax allowance and income tax</span> </summary> <div tabindex="0" class="details__text">Tax allowance is an amount of money that can be taken off someone's earnings and savings before the tax owed is calculated. Income Tax is an amount of money deducted from your earnings to pay taxes. </div></details></p></section><section><h2><h1>Numeracy check completed<strong><br /></strong></h1></h2><p><h2></h2><p dir="ltr">We know that numeracy might be challenging, but with the right skills you can change that. </p><p dir="ltr">There is lots of support available to you to help you improve your basic numeracy skills.</p><p dir="ltr">You could be eligible to study for free, for example, if you don’t already have a GCSE maths pass (grade C / 4 or above) or equivalent qualification such as O Level or Functional Skills Qualification.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels" target="_blank">What different qualifications mean<br /></a><br /></p><div class="center_div"><p><button class="button_centered"><a target="_blank" href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/find-a-course/page?searchTerm=maths%20mathematics%20numeracy%20multiply&distance=10%20miles&town=&orderByValue=Relevance&startDate=Anytime&courseType=&courseHours=&courseStudyTime=&filterA=true&page=1&D=0&coordinates=&campaignCode=&qualificationLevels=" ng-click="triggerCtaEvent()">Find a course</a></button><br /></p><p> </p></div></p></section><section><h3><h2><h1 dir="ltr">Numeracy check completed</h1><strong><br /></strong></h2></h3><p><p> </p><p dir="ltr">There is lots of support available to you to help you improve your basic numeracy skills.<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you feel you would like to develop your numeracy skills further, you may be eligible to study for free. <o:p></o:p></p><p>For example, in England, if you don’t already have a GCSE maths pass (grade C / 4 or above) or equivalent qualification such as O Level or Functional Skills Qualification.</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels" target="_blank">What different qualifications mean<br /></a><br /><div class="center_div"><p><button class="button_centered"><a target="_blank" https:="" nationalcareers.service.gov.uk="" find-a-course="" page?searchterm="maths%20mathematics%20numeracy%20multiply&distance=10%20miles&town=&orderByValue=Relevance&startDate=Anytime&courseType=&courseHours=&courseStudyTime=&filterA=true&page=1&D=0&coordinates=&campaignCode=&qualificationLevels="" ng-click="triggerCtaEvent()">Find a course</a></button><br /></p></div></p></section>