“I will use these reading strategies on the job; it will help ensure the job is done right and safely.”
Syncrude participant
“This is an excellent program. I wish had taken it 3 years ago, before I started the OH&S certificate. I will use the strategies at work as well as in my studies.”
OH&S participant
”I learned new ways to approach reading. I will focus on being in the moment. I will read procedures differently.”
Shapotowak participant
Foundation skills for business literacy, trades specific math and everyday use
Program:
Numbers and Number Sense
Measurement & Geometry
Data: Data Analysis, Statistics & Graphing
Algebra: Patterns & Functions
A CMS machinist is to allow a 1.5% tolerance on a shaft 18 feet in length. How much tolerance is allowed? Give answer in inches.
Work with the people at your table to answer this question. You have 3 minutes.
To teach this we instruct that all practical percentage applications have three basic parts:
Actual amount
Base (whole or original amount)
Rate (%)
And the idea that: Actual amount = Rate(%) x Base (whole amount)
= 1.5% x18 feet = 27/100 = .27 feet
Measurement conversion = .27 feet x12 in /1 ft = 3.24 inches