Description

Pre-apprenticeship Maths and Literacy for Electrical (Part II) helps prepare students seeking to gain an apprenticeship or traineeship. This write-in workbook combines practical, real-world scenarios and terminology specific to the Electrical industry, and provides students with the skills they need to confidently pursue a career within this trade. It includes hundreds of example assessment questions and also supports concepts that students studying VET (Vocational Educational Training) may use.

Author description

Andrew Spencer has studied education both within Australia and overseas. He has a Bachelor of Education, as well as a Masters of Science in which he specialised in teacher education. Andrew has extensive experience in teaching secondary mathematics throughout New South Wales and South Australia for well over fifteen years. He has taught a range of subject areas including Maths, English, Science, Classics, Physical Education and Technical Studies. His sense of the importance of practical mathematics continued to develop with the range of subject areas he taught in.

Table of contents

LITERACY Unit 1– Spelling Unit 2 – Alphabetising Unit 3 – Comprehension MATHEMATICS Unit 4 – General Mathematics Unit 5 – Basic Operations Section A: Addition Section B: Subtraction Section C: Multiplication Section D: Division Unit 6 – Decimals Section A: Addition Section B: Subtraction Section C: Multiplication Section D: Division Unit 7 – Fractions Section A: Addition Section B: Subtraction Section C: Multiplication Section D: Division Unit 8 – Percentages Unit 9 – Voltage, Current and Resistance Unit 10 – Measurement Conversions Unit 11 – Measurement: Length, Area and Volume Section A: Circumference Section B: Diameter Section C: Area Unit 12 – Earning Wages Unit 13 – Squaring Numbers Unit 14 – Ratios Unit 15 – Practice Detachable Test for the Electrical Trade