LC Foundation Maths study guide
LC Foundation Maths · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
LC Foundation Maths is a foundation-level numeracy qualification delivered within Learning Curve Group's maths and English provision. Learning Curve Group (LCG) is a UK training provider whose site describes its vision as to "transform lives through learning" and lists maths and English resources alongside free online courses, apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps and study programmes. The LC Foundation Maths study guide has 6 sections and about 1,956 words.
01Number: fluency, estimation and accuracy
Number underpins every other strand. Foundation Level questions ask you to order and calculate with integers, fractions, decimals and percentages; use powers and roots; apply HCF and LCM; write numbers in scientific notation; and round to a required degree of accuracy.
380 words, about 2 min02Algebra: expressions, equations and inequalities
Algebra tests whether you can use letters for numbers, simplify expressions, substitute values, rearrange formulae, solve linear equations and inequalities, solve simultaneous linear equations and handle simple quadratics. Foundation questions reward clear, line-by-line method; a correct answer with no working may still lose marks.
295 words, about 1 min03Ratio, Proportion and Rates of Change
This strand is about comparing quantities and describing how one quantity changes with another. Foundation questions cover simplifying and dividing in a ratio, direct and inverse proportion, unit rates, speed, density, percentage change, and simple and compound interest.
335 words, about 2 min04Geometry and Measures: shape, space and trigonometry
Geometry and Measures covers angle facts, triangles and polygons, circles, perimeter, area and volume, Pythagoras' theorem, right-angled trigonometry, coordinate geometry and transformations. Foundation questions often supply a diagram; you must select the correct formula and give units.
314 words, about 2 min05Statistics: summarising and interpreting data
Statistics tests how data are collected, organised, summarised and interpreted. Foundation questions include frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts, histograms, averages and spread, scatter graphs and the line of best fit.
338 words, about 2 min06Probability: likelihood, outcomes and combined events
Probability tests how likely events are, using sample spaces, relative frequency, expected outcomes, the complement rule, combined events and tree diagrams. Foundation questions use coins, dice, spinners, bags of counters and two-way tables.
294 words, about 1 min