Engineering: How to work out volume
This 'How to' sheet provides help on how to work out volume or capacity of 3-dimensional objects such as a cuboid, cylinder, prism. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006.
This 'How to' sheet provides help on how to work out volume or capacity of 3-dimensional objects such as a cuboid, cylinder, prism. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006.
This 'How to' sheet provides help on how to work out area of 2-dimensional objects such as rectangles, compound shapes made from rectangles, circles and triangles. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006.
'How to' guide on converting between fractions, decimals and percentages (FDP). Gives examples of all the necessary types of FDP conversions and a few for learners to attempt themselves. Examples relate to engineering / vehicle maintenance but could also
This 'How to' sheet looks at how to understand, work out and present information as fractions, how to simplify them by finding common factors and how to calculate fractions of amounts. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006.
This 'How to' sheet looks at how placing the decimal point can indicate hundreds, tens and units, place value and zero place holders are explored. Multiplying decimals, adding decimal, subtracting decimals and dividing decimals are then approached. Origin
This 'How to' sheet looks at percentages using the examples of the proportion of drivers who have an automatic car and how many out of all recorded customers booked a service in the garage. Learners convert between fractions and percentages, and work out
This 'How to' sheet looks at working out measurements to scale using the example of scale drawings to plan the layout of a room with given ratios, and reading scales correctly, such as weight on devices with different types of scale. Originally developed
This 'How to' sheet looks at how to read and calculate using negative numbers, and their meaning in the context of bank accounts and temperature scales. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006
This 'How to' sheet looks at how to read different types of graphs (line graphs and X-Y scatter graphs) using examples such as income and expenditure at a garage. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006.
This 'How to' sheet looks at how to read pie charts and bar charts using examples such as the different services carried out and fluids used at a garage. Originally developed for the Key Skills Support Programme in 2006.