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Core Skills: Numeracy SCQF Level 5

Study online at a time that suits you - flexible start dates available On this course, you will study the Core Skills Numeracy Unit at SCQF Level 5 (F3GF 11). Numeracy at SCQF Level 5 is about applying numerical skills in personal, workplace, social, and educational situations that involve graphical information, calculations, and solving problems. The focus of the Unit is on transferable numeracy skills, using number skills and understanding and using graphs, tables, charts, and diagrams.

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Study Mode:

  • Distance learning

Location:

  • Glenrothes

Start Date:

Duration:

  • Online learning – self-study with support.
  • Flexible start dates available – start at a time that suits you from opening date of August 2025.

What will I study?

You will develop skills in all of the following areas:

  • analyse situations to identify relevant numerical data and relationships in order to solve numerical problems
  • decide which operations to carry out and in what order to solve a problem
  • use numerical or statistical concepts (e.g. quantitative and qualitative information; discrete and continuous data; numbers represented by symbols)
  • carry out a number of sustained calculations or at least one specialised calculation
  • interpret information from a single complex graphical form or a series of straightforward related graphical forms
  • select an appropriate graphical form and use it to communicate information

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • Numeracy at SCQF Level 5 is a valuable qualification in its own right, and can be required for entry to a number of Higher Education courses.