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