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You may now want to develop your everyday maths skills further. If so, you should look into the Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland) course, coming soon on OpenLearn. Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland) with give you the opportunity to look at some of the topics you’ve explored here in more detail, as well as new content such as calculating capacity.

The content in the Everyday Maths Northern Ireland courses maps the Essential Skills Numeracy curriculum in Northern Ireland and can be used as a helpful resource to prepare you for studying an Essential Skills Numeracy qualification. For information on Essential Skills courses at your local college please visit

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This free course was written by Kerry Lloyd, Frances Hughes and Tracy Mitchell at Coleg Cambria, in partnership with Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent, the NPTC Group of Colleges and The Open University, and in collaboration with Anna E. Crossland, Middlesbrough College, using materials belonging to the Open School Trust Ltd (trading as the National Extension College), and in partnership with the Bedford College Group and West Herts College.