National 3 Lifeskills

Course Content

Unit 1

Managing Money

• Manage money in real-life contexts

- Income and expenditure (including %)

- Budgets

- Savings plans

- Best deals

- Bar graphs

Unit 2

Shape, Space and Measures

• Timetables

• Perimeter (2D shapes)

• Area (2D shapes)

• Volume of a cuboid

• Street directions (turn left, 2nd right etc)

• Scale drawings

• Number patterns (completing tables)

Unit 3

Numeracy

• Basic Arithmetic

- Whole numbers ( + , - , x , ÷ )

- Decimals ( + , - , x , ÷ )

- Fractions ( + , - )

- Percentage of an amount

• Measuring and reading scales

• Probability (likelihood)

Assessment

You need to pass three component
units in the course.

The titles of the three component units are:

• Managing Money

• Shape, Space and Measures

• Numeracy

Progression

Successful completion of the National 3 Lifeskills Course can be followed by National 4 Maths (over two years if necessary) in S5/S6.