WJEC Maths and Numeracy Foundation lesson notebooks
54 chapters for the made-for-Wales GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy (Double Award), written by our maths tutors and organised into four free PDF notebooks: Number, Algebra, Geometry and Measure, and Statistics and Probability.
Every WJEC content heading gets two chapters: one that teaches the core idea and method, and one that applies it and builds reasoning. Each chapter ends with practice questions and worked answers, for Foundation units graded C to G.
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Which Foundation topics do the notebooks teach?
All 27 WJEC content headings, from 1.1 Number and rounding to 4.4 combined probability, across four notebooks. Download them free as PDFs and print what you need. Entered at Higher tier for some units? Use our WJEC Higher lesson notebooks for those.
Number
Number and rounding, number properties and prime factors, indices and standard form, fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio, calculation, limits of accuracy, communicating with mathematics, personal and household finance and enterprise, and rational and irrational numbers.
Download the Number notebookAlgebra
Algebraic conventions, expressions and formulae, equations and inequalities, sequences, coordinates and graphs, and real-life graphs.
Download the Algebra notebookGeometry and Measure
Properties of shape, measurement and accurate drawing, maps, scale drawings, bearings and views, angle reasoning, units, perimeter, area, surface area and volume, Pythagoras and trigonometry, transformations, and similarity and congruence.
Download the Geometry notebookStatistics and Probability
Planning an investigation and collecting data, representing and comparing data, probability of single events and experiments, and combined events.
Download the Statistics notebookHow does each chapter work?
Every chapter is five pages long and follows the same order: meaning first, method second, reasoning throughout. Worked answers sit straight after each practice page, so marking happens while the method is still fresh.
The four stages of every chapter
- Understand: the big idea, key vocabulary, three controlling ideas and a prior-knowledge check
- Build the method: a routine of interpret, represent, execute and verify, with two worked examples
- Connect and reason: why the method works, a common misconception and a guided reasoning task
- Practise and diagnose: four practice questions without notes, then worked answers and repair notes
What else is inside
- a how-to-learn page with a five-step routine, ending in diagnose and revisit
- a unit map listing every chapter against its WJEC content heading
- paired chapters for every heading: core concepts and methods, then applications and reasoning
- a reflection after every practice set, naming the error type and writing the first corrected line
- error types to record: interpretation, structure, arithmetic, accuracy, unit or communication
- an end-of-notebook mastery review of every heading as a set of I can statements
- marks shown as teaching allocations, not official WJEC marks
What do the 54 chapters cover?
Each notebook covers one content area and labels every chapter with its WJEC content heading. Every heading appears twice: once for core concepts and methods, once for applications and reasoning.
| Notebook | Chapters | WJEC content headings | Practice questions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 18 | 1.1 to 1.9 | 72 |
| Algebra | 10 | 2.1 to 2.5 | 40 |
| Geometry and Measure | 18 | 3.1 to 3.9 | 72 |
| Statistics and Probability | 8 | 4.1 to 4.4 | 32 |
The notebooks are organised by content area, not by exam unit. The Double Award is examined in three units: Unit 1, Financial Mathematics and Other Applications of Numeracy; Unit 2, Non-calculator; and Unit 3, Calculator. Each exam unit can draw on content from several notebooks, and the unit numbers printed on the notebook covers refer to the four content areas, not to these exam units.
How should a student use these?
Take each heading as a pair: the core chapter first, then the applications chapter. Mark against the worked answers straight away, and revisit anything weak after a few days.
If the exam is months away
Work through each notebook in order, one heading pair a week. Use the mastery review at the end to tick off each heading only when you can explain it, do it and check it.
If a unit exam is close
Unit 2 is non-calculator, so practise every chapter at least once without a calculator. For Unit 1, prioritise the Number notebook, where personal and household finance is taught.
If you are helping at home
You do not need to be a maths teacher. Ask your child to explain the first page of a chapter back to you, then check their practice against the worked answers that follow it.
Guide: revising GCSE Maths
How to structure Maths revision so practice actually moves the grade, rather than re-reading notes.
Read the revision guideGuide: official past papers
Where to find the real WJEC past papers and specimen materials to sit alongside these notebooks.
Find past papersGuide: last-minute revision
What to do with the final weeks when there is no time left to cover everything.
Read the last-minute guideLesson notebook questions
The short version: the notebooks are free for personal use, they are written for the Wales Double Award rather than any English GCSE, and every chapter has worked answers.
What is the Double Award?
WJEC GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy (Double Award) is the made-for-Wales maths GCSE, first taught from September 2025. It replaces the separate GCSE Mathematics and GCSE Mathematics Numeracy, and it is worth two GCSEs, awarded as one double grade such as AA, CC or EE.
How do the tiers and grades work?
Each of the three exam units is sat at Foundation or Higher tier. Foundation units give access to grades C to G and Higher units to grades A* to D, and a learner can be entered at different tiers for different units. The unit results are combined into a single double grade, from A*A* down to GG.
Do the notebooks include answers?
Yes. Every chapter ends with worked answers and repair notes for its practice questions, placed straight after the practice page, so a student can mark their own work and write the corrected line before moving on.
Is this the same as Eduqas GCSE Maths?
No. Eduqas is the brand WJEC uses for its qualifications in England, and Eduqas GCSE Maths is graded 9 to 1. The Double Award is examined only in Wales. If you sit GCSE Maths at a school in England with Eduqas, use our Eduqas resources instead.
Are these real WJEC past paper questions?
No. Every explanation, example and question is original and independently written. Each chapter names the WJEC content heading it teaches, which identifies alignment only; nothing reproduces WJEC question papers, mark schemes or specification text.
Are they free? What is the licence?
The Free Website Edition is free for personal and household educational use. Tutors and schools must obtain the appropriate licence before copying for learners, and resale, paid redistribution and third-party uploading are prohibited.
My child still struggles after a chapter. What next?
Some topics need a person to explain them a second way, live, while watching where the reasoning goes wrong. If a chapter's practice still goes wrong after two honest attempts, that is the point to get help, whether from a teacher at school or a tutor. Fifteen of our tutors teach GCSE Maths and the first 30 minutes are free.
Notebooks teach the method. A tutor makes it stick
Fifteen of our tutors teach GCSE Maths, including three qualified teachers. Lessons are one to one on Zoom, £30 each, and the first 30 minutes are free with no card details. If a chapter still goes wrong after two attempts, that is usually the sign to get help with the method.