This textbook is for beginners on technician engineering courses, using examples, exercises and suggestions for exploratory work. Unlike many textbooks, the maths is related to examples in practical engineering. The book is split into four parts, the first part looks at the maths essentials, fully explaining and consolidating elementary maths for the benefit of weak students. The second takes the student into the areas of maths which apply to most branches of technology while the third part introduces, and explains the more advanced aspects that are required in certain areas of technology. The final section looks at aspects of handling data and elements of statistics.
Plus and minus; times and divide; fractions; letters for numbers; lines, angles and shapes; areas and volumes; graphs; using essential maths; factors, ratios and proportions - indexes, logs; factors in algebra; handling equations and formulae; more about triangles; circles; more areas and volumes; working with graphs; using basic maths; simultaneous equations; using graphic calculators; polar graphs; vectors; complex numbers; rates of change; equations for summing; planning projects with maths; using spreadsheets; analyzing numbers; using math topics; collecting data; displaying data; more about spreadsheets; analyzing data; quality control.