Work Keys

Lesson 3

Part 1: Reading for Information (5 min) Part 2: Applied Mathematics (10 min) Part 3: Locating Information (15 min)

Total Lesson: 30 min

Work Keys Lesson 3: Outline

Define Common Workplace WordsWhen Reading workplace documents, you need to be able to understand the meanings of words that are commonly used in all types of work environments.

By carefully reading the ways in which workplace words are used, you can learn to correctly identify their meanings.

Use context clues

Part 1: Reading for Information

Part 1: Reading for Information

Define Common Workplace Words

Example:

Change Numbers from One Form to AnotherMany jobs require you to use quantities that cannot be represented using whole numbers.

If a job involves money you will use decimals Cooks follow recipes that use fractions Retail jobs use percents to find tax and discounts

Part 2: Applied Mathematics

1. Convert the fraction to a decimal.

2. Convert 89% to a decimal.

3. Convert 30% to a fraction.

4. Convert the improper fraction to a mixed number.

Part 2: Applied MathematicsChange Numbers from One Form to Another

14=1÷4=0.25Divide the top number

by the bottom number.

89÷100=0.8989%=89100

30%=30100

=310

Example 1:

Part 2: Applied MathematicsChange Numbers from One Form to Another

12

313

0.2

610

=35

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4 Example 5

Find Information from One or Two GraphicsWhen looking at work-related graphics such as blueprints, price estimates, and floor plans, you need to be able to find information.

Knowing how to find the important facts quickly, as well as how to ignore unnecessary information, will help you work efficiently.

Part 3: Locating Information

Key features of graphics that help you understand the information

Title: states the main content being displayed

Axis labels: identifies what information is being represented; the horizontal axis (x-axis) and the vertical axis (y-axis)

Key: identifies what each symbol or color on a graph represents

Part 3: Locating Information Find Information from One or Two Graphics

Blue Green Red Orange0

2

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OctSept

Number of Shirts Sold

Part 3: Locating InformationFind Information from One or Two Graphics

Example 1

Part 3: Locating InformationFind Information from One or Two GraphicsExample 2

Example 3

Example 4

Directions: Answer the following problems on a piece of paper and turn in.

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