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Maths and Statistics Success
Develop your maths and statistics skills using our range of self-help resources.
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Maths and statistics skills is an area you may need to develop depending on the course you are studying and the learning outcomes expected of you.
Whether it's dosage calculations, algebra, statistics, quantitative research, or doing other kinds of maths, our growing range of self-help resources in Maths and Statistics Success is here to support you.
Jump to a section of resources:
1-to-1 support
For 1-to-1 support with any of these areas of maths, please book a tutorial with Scarlet.
Maths study skills useful links
Our list of useful links includes resources for developing your core maths skills, checking answers, writing maths, and accessing support across the University.
Maths help links
BBC GCSE Bitesize Maths: very useful for establishing core maths skills.
Wolfram Alpha: an online calculation service for checking answers. Requires a paid subscription for step by step answers, but does not need one for providing an answer.
Symbolab: an online calculation service for checking answers. Gives step by step answers wherever possible, no paid subscription required.
Khan Academy: online videos to help with any skills required. Free to use, but requires a login to be created.
Save My Exams: a collection of GCSE and A Level maths questions, organised by difficulty and subject.
Desmos: an online graphic software. Very good for visual learners.
PhET: a visual learning aid for mathematical concepts, equations and formulae.
Geogebra: an online graphing software.
Writing maths links
Mathshare's YouTube channel: for tutorials on how to use the service.
Overleaf: an online host for writing in the maths language LaTeX. Does not require a paid subscription.
University support links
Study development team tutorials: book a 1 to 1 session or a workshop for maths, or study skills like time management and organisation.
Library liaison tutorials: book a 1 to 1 session for skills like referencing and source finding.
Support for accessible library resources
Wellbeing and welfare services
Assistive technology: help to find and alter technology to make it accessible.
Insessional support and language development: support for international students and students who would like English speaking help.
Core skills
Our core skills section provides factsheets, quick guides, and worksheets for some of the common maths skills you will use during your course. These include adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions and percentages, rounding, and technical report writing.
Long addition
- Long addition factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long addition factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Long addition quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long addition quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Long addition worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long addition worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Long subtraction
- Long subtraction factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long subtraction factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Long subtraction worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long subtraction worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Long/grid multiplication
- Long multiplication factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long multiplication factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Long multiplication worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Long multiplication worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Long division
Fractions
- Fractions factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Fractions factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Fractions quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Fractions quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Fractions worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Fractions worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Percentages
- Percentages factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Percentages factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Percentages quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Percentages quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Percentages worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Percentages worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Converting fractions, decimals and percentages
- Converting fractions, decimals and percentages factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Converting fractions, decimals and percentages factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Converting fractions, decimals and percentages quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Converting fractions, decimals and percentages quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Converting fractions, decimals and percentages worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Converting fractions, decimals and percentages worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Rationalising the denominator and making the denominator real
- Rationalising and making the denominator real factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real quick guide (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Written Glossary worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Written Glossary worksheet (PDF, 0.1 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall Visual Glossary worksheet (docx, 0.7 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall Visual Glossary worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Landscape Revision Poster Template (PDF, 0.1 MB)
Nursing and health maths
Our Nursing maths resources include guides for common skills you will use on your Nursing degree. These include dosage calculations, conversions, and equivalences.
- Equivalences and conversions factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Equivalences and conversions factsheet (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Equivalences and conversions worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Equivalences and conversions worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Equivalences quick guide (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Equivalences quick guide (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Conversions quick guide (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Conversions quick guide (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Dosage calculations factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Dosage calculations factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Dosage calculations quick guide (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Dosage calculations quick guide (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Dosage calculation worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Dosage calculation worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Dosage calculation worksheet 2 (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Dosage calculation worksheet 2 (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Dosage calculations per kg factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Dosage calculations per kg factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Dosage calculations per kg quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Dosage calculations per kg quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Dosage calculations per kg worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Dosage calculations per kg worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Spotting errors in a calculation factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Spotting errors in a calculation factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Spotting errors in a calculation quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Spotting errors in a calculation quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Spotting errors in a calculation worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Spotting errors in a calculation worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Linear algebra
Our linear algebra resources include guides to vectors, matrices, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, and finding a basis.
- Eigenvectors, eigenvalues and diagonalisation factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Eigenvectors, eigenvalues and diagonalisation factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Eigenvectors, eigenvalues and diagonalisation quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Eigenvectors, eigenvalues and diagonalisation quick guide (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
Complex numbers
Our complex numbers resources include guides and worksheets for complex numbers, including argand diagrams, and rationalising the denominator.
- Rationalising and making the denominator real factsheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real factsheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real quick guide (docx, 0.5MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real quick guide (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real worksheet (docx, 0.5MB)
- Rationalising and making the denominator real worksheet (PDF, 0.2MB)
