Hairdresser Scheduling Appointments Worksheet | Functional Skills Maths Time & Timetables Activity
£1.50
Bring real-life maths into the classroom with this practical hair salon scheduling activity! Learners take on the challenge of organising appointments while working with time, durations, schedules and percentage increases. 🧮📅
The scenario introduces Sophia and assistant stylist Emily, with learners having to consider opening times, lunch breaks, cleaning times and different treatment lengths when completing the salon schedule.
✂️ REAL-LIFE HAIRDRESSING SCENARIO
Learners work with treatment times for:
💇 Cut – 15 minutes
💨 Blow Dry – 30 minutes
🎨 Colour – 45 minutes
✨ Foils – 60 minutes
💇♀️ Extensions – 150 minutes
🧠 PUT MATHS INTO PRACTICE!
Students need to:
⏰ Calculate finishing times
📅 Schedule client appointments
🥪 Add staff lunch breaks
🧹 Allow for cleaning time
➕ Combine treatment durations
📊 Interpret a timetable
💯 Work with a 50% increase in treatment time
🤔 Decide whether appointments can fit into the working day
Emily can only complete blow-dry treatments, these require an additional 50% of the listed time, and she also needs 15 minutes of cleaning time after each client.
📅 COMPLETE THE SALON SCHEDULE
Learners use the timetable to organise appointments for clients including Mrs. Carter, Jack, Ava, Mia and Grace, working out where each treatment can be fitted into the salon's day.
🌟 Perfect for:
🧮 Functional Skills Maths
⏰ Time & duration
📅 Timetables and schedules
💯 Percentage applications
💷 Real-life maths
✂️ Hair & Beauty learners
🎓 Vocational maths
🧠 Problem solving
🏠 Homework
🔄 Revision
⭐ Independent practice
✅ ANSWERS INCLUDED – ideal for quick marking, self-assessment or classroom discussion. The separate answer resource provides completed responses and a filled scheduling template.
✂️⏰ CALCULATE • SCHEDULE • PROBLEM SOLVE • APPLY REAL-LIFE MATHS! 💇♀️📅
A practical way to show learners how maths is used in the workplace, particularly within a hairdressing and salon environment. 🌟