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MATHS AT WORK
If Maths isn’t your favourite, do you
think it’s unfair you have to learn so
much about it? When would you ever
need it in the job you want to do?
A Fuser told us she debated this with
MONEY
• Add together each part of a
customer's bill and subtract
any discount.
• Check her payslip (or
calculate the percentage of
her 'takings' she owes to the
salon manager).
Emma, her hairdresser. When she was
at school, Emma couldn't see the point
of Maths -but now she uses it every
day at work! How? Many areas of Key
Stage 1 and 2 Maths help Emma to:
• Imagine spaces in 3D and lay
out her work area. -If Emma
ever owns a salon, she’ll be
doing this to design the whole
shop!
SHAPE, SPACE AND
SYMMETRY
• Create crisp lady’s fashion or
a cool gent’s beard.
• Comb hair into sections and
cut it to blend with the next
section.
VOLUMES
• Half, double, quarter or
quadruple quantities daily
when mixing hair dyes.
TIME MANAGEMENT
• Bleach different blonde
shades. This uses ratios,
volumes, careful estimates,
percentages of ingredients
-and calculating the relative
‘before’ and ‘after’ levels of
lightening needed.
• Tell the time when a customer
arrives.
• Book new appointments into
the diary.
• Break timeslots into fractions
so she can fit in two
customers; a gentleman’s
barber-style cut, for example,
while a lady’s hair treatment
soaks in for 20 minutes.
Hair cutting diagrams
• Visualise the ‘elevation’ (the
angle from the head at which
hair is held out) and the
‘angle’ (scissor-line compared
to the floor).
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