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Maths, Data and Statistics Success
Develop your maths, data and statistics skills using our range of self-help resources.
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Maths, data 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, Data and Statistics Success is here to support you.
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 AI calculation service for checking answers. Has recently changed to require a paid subscription for step-by-step answers.
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: online graphic software. Very good for visualising maths problems. Currently free to use.
PhET: a visual learning aid for mathematical concepts, equations and formulae.
Geogebra: online AI graphing calculator. Free to use.
Writing maths links
Overleaf: an online host for writing in the maths language LaTeX. Does not require a paid subscription, but you will need to create a login.
For support with software, visit the Digital Training page.
For help with referencing and searching, visit the Your Academic Liaison Librarian page.
For accessibility software support, visit the Assistive Technology page.
For assistance with installing and using SPSS or Jamovi, visit the Meet the technical teams page.
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 and health maths resources cover the maths skills involved with prescribing and checking the dosage for medication, as well as converting common units.
- 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)
