Following on from Succeed with maths: part 1, this free badged course will continue to develop your mathematical knowledge and skills using everyday examples. The course will guide you through measurement, scientific notation (based upon powers of 10) and roots of numbers, shapes and how to calculate their properties before finally turning to how to construct and read from tables, charts and graphs. It provides a solid foundation for you to continue with studies in any subject which requires some degree of mathematical knowledge.TranscriptSucceed with maths: part 2 is a free course which lasts about 8 weeks, with approximately 3 hours' study time each week. You can work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development.Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. It can be used to provide evidence of continuing professional development and on successful completion of the course you will be awarded 24 CPD points. Evidence of your CPD achievement is provided on the free Statement of Participation awarded on completion.Anyone wishing to provide evidence of their enrolment on this course is able to do so by sharing their Activity Record on their OpenLearn Profile, which is available before completion of the course and earning of the Statement of Participation. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction and guidance
- Introduction and guidance
- What is a badged course?
- How to get a badge
- Acknowledgements
- Week1Week 1: Measurement of length
- Introduction
- 1 Using units of measurement
- 2 The International System (SI)
- 3 Length: SI units
- 3.1 Converting between SI units and length
- 4 Length: imperial measurements
- 5 Relating the SI and imperial systems of measurement
- 5.1 Converting between different unit systems
- 6 Home improvement project
- 7 This week's quiz
- 8 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Week2Week 2: Measurement of mass and volume
- Introduction
- 1 Using units of measurement
- 2 Mass
- 2.1 Mass: SI units
- 2.2 Mass: imperial units
- 2.3 Relating SI and imperial: mass
- 3 Volume
- 3.1 Volume: the imperial units
- 3.2 Relating the two systems: volume
- 4 Less familiar units
- 5 This week's quiz
- 6 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Week3Week 3: Everyday patterns and formulas
- Introduction
- 1 Exploring patterns and processes
- 1.1 Pascal’s triangle
- 1.2 Pascal’s triangle – a closer look
- 2 Looking for relationships
- 2.1 Finding a word formula
- 3 Real-life examples of using formulas
- 3.1 Formulas in cooking
- 3.2 Formulas in health care
- 3.3 Formulas in business
- 3.4 Formulas in archaeology
- 3.5 Combining formulas
- 4 Tips for using a formula
- 5 This week's quiz
- 6 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Week4Week 4: Working with patterns and formulas
- Introduction
- 1 Your formulas: using a spreadsheet
- 1.1 Finding the balance
- 1.2 Spreadsheet formulas
- 2 Your own formulas
- 2.1 Understanding the number trick
- 2.2 Another number trick
- 3 Doing and undoing
- 3.1 Doing some doing and undoing
- 4 Rearranging formulas
- 4.1 Time formula
- 5 Inequalities: greater than or less than?
- 6 This week's quiz
- 7 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Week5Week 5: More power
- Introduction
- 1 Big and small
- 1.1 Powers of 10
- 2 Scientific notation and large numbers
- 2.1 Multiplying powers with the same base number
- 2.2 Dividing powers with the same base number
- 2.3 Zero as a power?
- 2.4 Negative exponents
- 2.5 Small numbers and scientific notation
- 2.6 Calculators and scientific notation
- 3 Roots
- 3.1 Square roots in power notation
- 3.2 Square roots of negative numbers
- 4 This week's quiz
- 5 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week6Week 6: Shapes around us
- Introduction
- 1 Geometry
- 1.1 Angles and lines
- 1.2 Circles and triangles
- 1.3 Four-sided shapes
- 1.4 Describing shapes
- 2 Perimeters
- 2.1 Perimeters of circles
- 2.2 Using π (pi)
- 2.3 Perimeters of mixed shapes
- 3 Areas
- 3.1 Formulas for areas
- 3.2 Finding an area using formulas
- 3.3 Areas of circles
- 4 Volumes
- 4.1 Volume formulas
- 5 This week's quiz
- 6 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Week7Week 7: Working with data
- Introduction
- 1 Averages
- 1.1 Calculating the mean of a data set
- 1.2 Is the mean the best average to use?
- 1.3 Calculating the median value of a data set
- 1.4 Finding the mode of a data set
- 1.5 Using different averages
- 2 Measuring the spread of a data set
- 3 More about data
- 4 Tables
- 4.1 Reading a table
- 4.2 Representing data in tables clearly
- 4.3 Constructing your own tables
- 5 This week's quiz
- 6 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week8Week 8: Communicating with data
- Introduction
- 1 Graphs and charts
- 2 Line graphs
- 2.1 Negative coordinates
- 2.2 Plotting points
- 2.3 Decimal coordinates
- 2.4 Displaying data on a graph or chart
- 2.5 Choosing the scales for a graph or chart
- 2.6 Using a graph
- 3 Bar charts
- 3.1 Drawing a bar chart
- 3.2 Component bar charts
- 3.3 Comparative bar charts
- 4 Pie charts
- 5 Reading a graph with caution
- 6 This week's quiz
- 7 Summary
- Tell us what you think
- References
- Acknowledgements
