ARTISAN CERTIFICATE IN EKECTRICAL INSTALLATION
TOPIC 1; BASIC ARITHMETIC
SUBTOPIC I
NUMBERS
i) TYPES OF NUMBERS
a) Counting
b) Positive
c) Negative integers
d) Rational and irrational
e) Real numbers
f) Absolute values of numbers
ii) ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS
a) Addition and subtraction of both positive and negative numbers
b) Multiplication and division of both positive and negative numbers
c) Order of arithmetic operations on expressions with brackets
iii) USE OF 3 FIGURE TABLES TO FIND;
a) Square of positive and negative numbers
b) Reciprocals
iv) INDICES (positive and negative)
a) Multiplication and division of numbers with indices
b) Fractional indices
c) Reciprocals
SUB TOPIC II
(i) FRACTIONAL ARITHMETIC
a) Percentages and fractions
b) Ratios and proportions (unitary method only)
- Direct proportions
- Inverse proportions
TOPIC 2; MANIPULATIVE SKILLS
SUB TOPICS I
APPROXIMATION
i) Decimal places
ii) Approximations of errors
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
ESTIMATION OF QUANTITIES
CONVERSION OF DECIMALS INTO FRACTIONS AND VICE VERSA
i) Recurring decimals
ii) Non recurring decimals
STANDARD FORM
TOPIC 3; MENSURATION
SUB TOPIC
COMMON UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
i) Length in metres (m)
ii) Mass in kilogram (kg)
iii) Time in seconds (s)
CONVERSION OF UNITS
i) Millimeters to meters
ii) Meters to kilometers
iii) Grams to kilograms
PERIMETERS, AREAS AND VOLUMES
i) Perimeters
ii) Surface areas
iii) Volumes of solids and hollow figures
iv) Circumferences
SKETCHING OF;
i) Regular figures
ii) Solids
iii) nets
TOPIC 5; ALGEBRA
SUB TOPIC
i) SIMPLE EQUATION;
a) Sartimplification
b) Substitution
ii) FORMATION OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
iii) GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
iv) FORMATION AND TRANSPOSITION OF FORMULAE
V) SMALTENIOUS EQUATIONS WITH TWO UNKNOWNS
i) Substitution
ii) Elimination
Vi) METHODS OF SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
a) Factorization
b) Completing the square
c) Using the formula
TOPIC 6; GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS;
SUB TOPICS;
i) AREAS OF FIGURES
a) Parallelogram
b) Trapezium
c) Circle
d) Annulus
e) Sector
f) Curved surface of a cylinder
h) Surface area of a pyramid
ii) PYTHAGORAS THEOREM
iii) VOLUMES AND SURFACE AREAS
a) Cones
b) Pyramids
iv) CALCULATIONS OF;
a) Slanting height of cone
b) Slanting height of pyramids
c) Slanting edge of pyramid
v) TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS
a) Sine
b) Cosine
c) Tangent
vi) USING TABLES TO FIND TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS
vii) TRIGONOMETTRIC CALCULATIONS OF
a) Lengths of sides
b) Height
c) Angles
viii) LINEAR GRAPHS
a) Distance-time
b) Temperature-time
c) Area of cross-section-volume
d) Velocity-Distance
TOPIC 7; BUSINESS CALCULATIONS
SUB TOPICS
SIMPLE SOCIAL ARITHMETIC
a) Profit and loss
b) Discount and commission
c) Rates and taxes
d) Percentage loss and profits
e) Simple and compound interest
TOPIC 8; STATISTICS
SUB TOPICS
i) DATA COLLECTION
a) Class ages
b) Heights
c) Weights
d) Sizes of waists
ii) DATA ORGANIZATION
a) Range
b) Arrange in order
iii) DATA REPRESENTATION
Frequency table;
a) Observation
b) Tally marks
c) Frequency
d) Summation Sn (fx) and Sn (f)
e) Identify mode
f) Calculations of mean (average)
iv) MEDIAN
a) Array of numbers in order
b) Determine the median
v) CHARTS
a) Pie and bar charts
b) Pictograms
vi) INTERPRETATION OF DATA
a) Reading of the data
b) Drawing of conclusions
