Course Objective: To teach learners about the calculations applied to drinking water treatment processes and water distribution.
This course is part of the Water Treatment Fundamentals bundle. Four Contact Hours (or 0.4 CEUs) will be granted upon completion of this course.
Disclosure: None
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
Describe…
✓ how significant figures are applied to numbers
Explain…
✓ the different methods of presenting a number
Use…
✓ decimal numbers in calculations
✓ the basic units of measurement
Solve…
✓ for the unknown values in algebraic equations
✓ equations by setting up word problems using ratios and proportions
Calculate…
✓ averages
✓ percentages
✓ fractions
✓ areas and volumes
✓ conversions between units using dimensional analysis
Estimate…
✓ calculation results with approximations
Compare…
✓ common water units
A. NUMBERS
- Power Notation
- Scientific Notation
- Rounding and Estimating
- Significant Figures and Rounding Off
B. SOLVING MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS
C. SOLVING AN EQUATION FOR THE UNKNOWN VALUE
- Rearranging terms
- Changing signs
D. RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS
E. AVERAGES, PERCENTAGES, FRACTIONS, AND DECIMAL NUMBERS
- Averages
- Percentages, Fractions, and Decimal numbers
F. BASIC UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
- Geometric Shapes and Associated Measurement
- Areas and Volumes of Common Water Tank Structures and Water Conveyance Systems
G. UNIT CONVERSIONS
- Dimensional Analysis
- Common Conversions in Water Treatment Operation
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Course Includes
- 7 Lessons
- 12 Topics
- 1 Quiz
- Course Certificate
