Functional Skills Maths Level 1 – Perimeter & Area
Workplace Settings – Construction, Facilities & Office Environments

This practical maths worksheet helps learners develop and apply their understanding of perimeter and area through realistic workplace scenarios involving offices, facilities management, construction and maintenance. Questions progress from straightforward calculations to multi-step problems involving materials, quantities and workplace costs.

Unlike many Functional Skills resources, this worksheet AVOIDS childish clip-art and primary school themes, making it suitable for older learners who want materials that feel age-appropriate, engaging and relevant.

What’s included

✔ 10 structured questions progressing from core skills to applied problem solving.
✔ Clean printer-friendly worksheets inside for economical classroom printing.
✔ Calculating the perimeter of rectangular and square rooms and spaces.
✔ Calculating the area of rectangular and square spaces.
✔ Working out flooring and carpet requirements for workplace areas.
✔ Calculating quantities of flooring boxes and rolls of hazard tape.
✔ Calculating material and renovation costs.
✔ Solving multi-step perimeter and area problems.
✔ Calculating the area of L-shaped floor spaces.
✔ Applying perimeter and area calculations to realistic workplace budgeting.
✔ Full teacher answer key with clear step-by-step solutions.
✔ Fully aligned with the UK Department for Education (DfE)
✔ Functional Skills Level 1 criteria.

Ideal for

• Classroom teaching
• Independent learning
• Homework
• Revision
• Intervention groups
• Adult education
• Construction, facilities management and vocational learners

What learners will practise

✔ Finding the perimeter of rooms and work areas when calculating boundaries or quantities of materials required.
✔ Calculating the area of floors and other rectangular spaces to determine how much material is needed.
✔ Using measurements to estimate flooring and carpet requirements.
✔ Calculating how many boxes of flooring or rolls of hazard tape are required for a job.
✔ Working out material and renovation costs from calculated quantities.
✔ Combining perimeter and area calculations to solve multi-step workplace problems.
✔ Calculating the area of L-shaped spaces by breaking an irregular shape into manageable sections.
✔ Applying perimeter and area skills to realistic construction, maintenance and facilities-management decisions.
✔ Using mathematical results to support practical workplace budgeting and planning.

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