This title is written to support teachers delivering Application of Number sessions for level 2 functional skills (England), Core Skills ( Scotland and Northern Ireland) and Essential skills Wales. The beauty industry is an important employer and it is vital that all employees are numerate and that is why this title is an important contribution. The book covers: - addition - rounding -time - percentages -reading graphs - mean, median, mode - area -volume This book is a series of lessons with activities for teachers covering functional skills/ Essential Skills Wales/ Core Skills Scotland Application of Number. The lessons provide a scenario where students have to engage in stock control in a fictional salon. The actual numeracy being delivered is the use of percentages, decimals and fractions. It is essential that this cohort of students can work comfortably within each of these basic skill areas and can switch when required. The contextualisation of these skills within the context of hair and beauty motivates them to learn since they are given a purpose. The book also comes with language based smartboard activities which should also work on other platforms. These are designed to develop the use of appropriate language with students and help to develop their communication skills. There are also a number of powerpoint slides (and their Open office equivalents) to support colleagues in delivering learning sessions to their students. Finally we have used a professional voice over artist to record the worksheets to enable poor readers of English to access the learning materials in this package. This book will save teachers hours of preparation time and enable them to deliver quality application of number learning experiences. The author is currently working on future books for this cohort of students. Contents Session One: Addition Session Two: Rounding Session Three: Time Session Four: Percentages Session Five : Reading Graphs Session Six: The mean, median and mode Session Seven: Area Session Eight: Volume Interactive White Board Activities

All hair and beauty businesses need numerate staff. Data handling is a vital skill for the success of these salons. It takes trainees through the Q.C.A.I. cycle and therefore gives them a framework for data collection and analysis. The book provides a scenario where the students have to go out into the locality and engage in data collection that is relevant to our industry. They then have to analyse and interpret their findings. This is why this book is an important contribution to this area of vocational education.