Master Your Maths Skills

Learn foundational mathematics skills with our mathematics short courses online!

If you ever struggled with maths in school, avoided numbers in favour of words, or felt anxious about calculating tax or credit card interest, this course is for you. Rebuild your confidence with numbers, rediscover foundational skills, and experience the satisfaction of problem-solving in everyday life. You’ll reconnect with maths as a logical, precise, and practical discipline, discovering its presence in budgeting, business, and beyond.

Join this online course and refresh long-lost skills while giving your brain a healthy workout. This engaging, accessible course will empower you to tackle maths problems with confidence and rediscover the beauty of numbers.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this mathematics course, you should be able to:

• analyse and logically dissect problems
• identify and fill knowledge gaps in core maths concepts
• apply maths strategies to everyday problems and decision-making
• understand numerical relationships between variables (e.g., time, speed, and distance)
• interpret and critically analyse basic statistical and probability information
• solve problems involving time zones and geographical coordinates

Course content

What will be covered in our Master Your Maths skills course?

The foundations of working with numbers

• Basic arithmetic operations
• Axioms of arithmetic
• Fractions, decimals, and percentages
• Number sense and comparison
• Negative numbers
• Ratios and proportions
• More percentages and interest
• Converting word problems into simple equations

Pattern and puzzle solving strategies

• Sequences and series
• Equations and algebra fundamentals

Advanced topics and applications (time permitting)

• Maths in the physical world (rates, speed, distance, time)
• Geometry from the ground up
• World geometry
• Data crunching and graphing
• Statistics and interpreting data
• Probability and risk evaluation

Intended audience

Who is this Maths Course for Adults for?

This mathematics course is best suited to:

• Those who found maths difficult at school and have avoided it throughout their adult life
• Those who have to dust off the cobwebs and brush up on things you have lost along the way or never quite grasped
• Those looking to apply simple mathematics to basic but important things in their lives such as stocks and credit card interest
• Those attempting career courses that required maths, but that course doesn’t review maths.

Course venue

Online via Zoom

Course materials

What to bring to class

• A calculator or phone with a calculator function
• Pencil & paper with rubber for working out (essential)

Additional information

Please note the following:

• This course aims to be accessible, supportive, and stress-free.
• No prior maths knowledge is assumed – all levels are welcome.