Saturday, November 11, 2017

Welcome and Course Outline

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12 Course Outline (for self-paced students)
Welcome to self-paced Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12!

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A. You will need:
1. This handout
2. A self-paced card
3. A workbook and solutions (A and B) handout which you will buy.
4. A scientific calculator

B. Marks:

8 chapter tests  at 10% each             80%
Final exam                                        20%
                                                        100%
*You must pass the final exam to pass the course.

C. To complete Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12:
1. Do the readings and homework as assigned in the course instructions.
2. Check your answers regularly with the solutions handout.
3. When you don’t understand something, please ask a teacher in the lab.
4. Work towards really understanding the concepts and learning to apply them to a variety of
    problems. It is not enough to just memorize procedures.


D. The first chapter assignment is attached. To get other assignments:
1.  Go to Pearson ALC’s home page: www.newwestadultlearning.ca
2. Click "Adult Learning Centre site" on the left side of the page.
3. Click “Courses”
4. Click “Mathematics”
5. Click “Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12
6. Click on Chapter 2 ”Measuring Instruments
7. Print out the Word file which has the instructions for Chapter 2.

After you have completed each chapter and the chapter test, you will go back to our website to get the instructions for the next chapter.

Good luck and don’t forget to ask teachers for help.

On the next page, record the results of your chapter tests.

Chapter 1

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12

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Chapter 1 Buying or Leasing a Vehicle

Note: Remember to check your answers with the solutions handout.
Ask a teacher for help for anything you don’t understand.

Getting Started #1
Do pages 2-3.

Section 1.1 Buying a New Vehicle
Do pages 4-7.

Section 1.2 Buying a Used Vehicle
Do pages 8-11.

Section 1.3 Operating Costs for a Vehicle
Do pages 12-15

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 17.

Section 1.5 Leasing a Vehicle
Do pages 18-21.

Section 1.6 Lease or Buy?
Do pages 22-25.

Chapter Review
Do pages 30-31.

Chapter Test
Do page 32. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 1 to prepare for the Chapter 1 Test.


**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 1 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**


Chapter 2

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12

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Chapter 2 Measuring Instruments

Note: Remember to check your answers with the solutions handout.
Ask a teacher for help for anything you don’t understand.

Getting Started #2
Do pages 34-35

Section 2.1 Precision
Do pages 36-39

Section 2.2 Precision and Calculations
Do pages 40--43

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 45.

Section 2.4 Precision and Accuracy
Do pages 46-49.

Section 2.5 Uncertainty in Measurements
Do pages 50-53.

Chapter Review
Do pages 54-55.

Chapter Test
Do page 56. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 2 to prepare for the Chapter 2 Test.


**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 2 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**


Chapter 3

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12

Chapter 3 Statistics

Note: Remember to check your answers with the solutions handout.
Ask a teacher for help for anything you don’t understand.

Getting Started #3
Do pages 58-59

Section 3.1 Mean
Do pages 60-62.

Section 3.2 Weighted Mean
Do pages 64-67.

Section 3.3 Median
Do pages 68-71.

Section 3.4 Mode
Do pages 72-73.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 75.

Section 3.6 Interpreting Data
Do pages 68-79.

Section 3.7 Percentiles
Do pages 80-83.

Chapter Review
Do pages 84-85.

Chapter Test
Do page 86. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 3 to prepare for the Chapter 3 Test.


**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 3 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**


Chapter 4

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12

Chapter 4 Linear Relations

Note: Remember to check your answers with the solutions handout.
Ask a teacher for help for anything you don’t understand.

Getting Started #4
Do pages 88-89

Section 4.1 Describing Relations
Do pages 90-93

Section 4.2 Interpreting LinearRelations
Do pages 94-97

Section 4.3 Direct and Partial Variation
Do pages 98-101

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do pages 102-103.

Section 4.4 Volume: Dimension Changes
Do pages 104-107.

Section 4.5 Scatter Plots
Do pages 108-111.

Chapter Review
Do pages 116-117.

Chapter Test
Do page 118. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 4 to prepare for the Chapter 4 Test.


**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 4 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**


Note: Omit Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12

Chapter 6 Operating a Small Business

Note: Remember to check your answers with the solutions handout.
Ask a teacher for help for anything you don’t understand.

Getting Started #6
Do pages 134-135

Section 6.1 Business Opportunities
Do pages 136-139

Section 6.2 Business Expenses
Do pages 140-1443

Section 6.3 Planning for Taxes
Do pages 144-147.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 149.

Section 6.5 Improving Profitability
Do pages 150-153.

Section 6.6 Break-Even Point
Do pages 154-167.

Chapter Review
Do pages 158-159.

Chapter Test
Do page 160. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 6 to prepare for the Chapter 6 Test.


**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 6 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**


Note: Omit Chapter 7 and 8.

Chapter 9

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12

Chapter 9 Trigonometry

Note: Remember to check your answers with the solutions handout.
Ask a teacher for help for anything you don’t understand.

Getting Started #9
Do pages 218-219

Section 9.1 Explaining the Sine Law
Do pages 220-223.

Section 9.2 Solving Sine Law Problems
Do pages 224-227

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 229.

Section 9.4 Exploring the Cosine Law
Do pages 230-233.

Section 9.5 Solving Cosine Law Problems
Do pages 234-237.

Section 9.6 Choosing the Sine or Cosine Law
Do pages 238-241.

Chapter Review
Do pages 242-243.

Chapter Test
Do page 244. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 9 to prepare for the Chapter 9 Test.



**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 9 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**