Saturday, November 11, 2017

Welcome and Course Outline

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11 Course Outline (for self-paced students)
Welcome to self-paced Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11!

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

B. Marks:

9 chapter tests at 9%                           81%
Final exam                                          19%
                                                            100%
*You must pass the final exam to pass the course.

C. To complete Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11:
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 “Courses”
3. Click “Mathematics”
4. Click “Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11
5. Click on Chapter 2
6. Print out the Word file which has the instructions for Chapter 1.

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.


Chapter 1

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11

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Chapter 1 Interest: Investing Money

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 Understanding Simple Interest
Do pages 4-7.

Section 1.2 Simple Interest Problems
Do pages 8-11.

Section 1.3 Understanding Compound Interest
Do pages 12-15

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 16.

Section 1.5 Compounding Periods
Do pages 18-21.

Section 1.6 Compound Interest Problems
Do pages 22-25.

Chapter Review
Do pages 26-27.

Chapter Test
Do page 28. 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 11

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Chapter 2 Working with Graphs
You will need grid/graph paper for this chapter.

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 30-31

Section 2.1 Bar Graphs
Do pages 32-35

Section 2.2 Histograms
Do pages 36--39

Section 2.3 Line Graphs
Do pages 40-43

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 45.

Section 2.5 Circle Graphs
Do pages 46-49.

Section 2.7 Graphic Representation
Do pages 54-57. Omit #2 on page 56.

Chapter Review
Do pages 58-59.

Chapter Test
Do page 60. 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


Chapter 3 Surface Area

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 62-63

Section 3.1 Relating Nets to Surface Area
Do pages 64-67 - Omit 6b on page 67

Section 3.2 Surface area: Prisms and Cylinders
Do pages 68--69

Section 3.3 Surface area: Pyramids and Cones
Do pages 70-72

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 73.

Section 3.4 Surface Area: Spheres
Do pages 74-75.

Section 3.6 Surface Area: Dimension Changes
Do pages 78-80.

Chapter Review
Do pages 82-83.-Omit #6.

Chapter Test
Do page 84. 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 11

Chapter 4 Volume and Capacity

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 86-87

Section 4.1 Volume: Prisms, Cylinders, Pyramids and Cones
Do pages 88-91

Section 4.2 Volume: Spheres
Do pages 92-93

Section 4.3 Volume: Composite Objects
Do pages 94-97

Section 4.6 Volume: Dimension Changes
Do pages 102-103.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 104. Omit #2

Section 4.7 Solving a Three-Jug Capacity Puzzle-For fun only!
Do pages 105.

Section 4.9 Solving Capacity Problems
Do pages 108-109.

Chapter Review
Do pages 112-113.

Chapter Test- omit #3a
Do page 114. 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 

Chapter 5

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11

Chapter 5 Interest: Borrowing Money

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

Getting Started #5
Do pages 116-117

Section 5.1 Credit Cards
Do pages 118-121

Section 5.2 Loans
Do pages 122-125

Section 5.3 Lines of Credit
Do pages 126-128.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 129.

Section 5.4 Sales Promotions
Do pages 130-132.

Chapter Review
Do pages 134-135.

Chapter Test
Do page 136. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 5 to prepare for the Chapter 5 Test.



**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 5 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**

Chapter 6

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11

Chapter 6 Slope and Rates

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 138-139

Section 6.1 Slope
Do pages 140-143

Section 6.2 Loans
Do pages 144-147

Section 6.3 Vertical and Horizontal Lines
Do pages 148-149.

Section 6.4 Solving Slope Problems
Do pages 150-153.

Section 6.5 Angle of Elevation and Slope
Do pages 154-156.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 157.

Section 6.6 Rate of Change
Do pages 158-161.

Section 6.7 Rates and Unit Analysis
Do pages 162-163.

Section 6. 8 Conversion Within Measurement Systems
Do pages 164-167.

Section 6.9 Conversion Between Measurement Systems
Do pages 168-170.

Chapter Review
Do pages 172-173.

Chapter Test
Do page 174. 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**

Chapter 8

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11

Chapter 8 Managing Money

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

Getting Started #8
Do pages 216-217

Section 8.1 Financial Institutions
Do pages 218-219

Section 8.2 Bank Accounts
Do pages 220-223

Section 8.3 Debit Cards
Do pages 224-226.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 227.

Section 8.4 Online Banking
Do pages 228-230.

Section 8.5 Creating a Secret Password
Do page 231.

Section 8.6 Creating and Analyzing a Budget
Do pages 232-235.

Section 8.7 Budget and Technology
Do pages 236-239.

Chapter Review
Do pages 240-241.

Chapter Test
Do page 242. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 8 to prepare for the Chapter 8 Test.
  

**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 8 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**

Chapter 9

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11

Chapter 9 Solving Right Triangle Problems

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 244-245

Section 9.1 Angles of Elevation
Do pages 246-249

Section 9.2 Angles of Depression
Do pages 250-253

Section 9.3 Solving Triangle Puzzles-for fun only
Do page 254.

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 255.

Section 9.4 Solving Two-Triangle Problems
Do pages 256-259.

Section 9.5 Solving 3-D Triangle Problems
Do pages 260-263.

Chapter Review
Do pages 264-265.

Chapter Test
Do page 266. 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**

Chapter 10

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11

Chapter 10 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 #10
Do pages 268-269

Section 10.1 Relations
Do pages 270-273

Section 10.2 Angles of Depression
Do pages 274-277

Mid-Chapter Review.
Do page 278.

Section 10.3 Solving a Dots and Lines Puzzle
Do page 279.

Section 10.4 Direct and Partial Variation
Do pages 280-283.

Section 10.5 Scattering Plots
Do pages 284-287.

Chapter Review
Do pages 290-291.

Chapter Test
Do page 292. This is a practice test. Do it without looking back in your book for help.

Review Chapter 10 to prepare for the Chapter 10 Test.


**When you’re ready to write the Chapter 10 test, ask a teacher in the Lab for your test**


After you have written the last chapter test, it is time to review for the final exam. Redo the Chapter Reviews and the Chapter Tests and you will be ready for the final.


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

Good luck and Congratulations!