MATH50 - Applied Math for Calibration Technicians

The purpose of this course is to cover the basic mathematical concepts that are part of the ASQ Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) exam. The course outline is

• Introduction
• Arithmetic
  • Scientific Notation
  • Engineering Notation
  • Significant Digits
  • Rounding and truncation
    • ISO rounding
    • Classical rounding
    • Truncation
    • Rounding to ISO preferred numbers
    • Rounding to stated multiple of significance
  • Ratios
    • Percent %
    • Per mille ‰
    • Parts per million - ppm
    • Parts per billion - ppb
    • Parts
    • decibels - dB
  • Number bases and conversion
• Geometry
  • Area
  • Volume
  • Angular Measure
  • Angular Conversion
• English/Metric Conversions
  • Linear Measure
  • Area
  • Volume
  • Temperature
  • Weight and Mass
• Summary

This is the first of a series of three courses covering the Applied Math and Statistics section of the ASQ CCT exam, these courses are:

• MATH50 - Applied Math for Calibration Technicians
• MATH51 - Applied Statistics for Calibration Technicians
• MATH52 - Presentation of Data for Calibration Technicians

This course covers some of the ASQ CCT exam body of knowledge and is worth 0.2 Recertification Units (RU) towards ASQ CCT recertification.

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