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Time: 3 hours
Level: Introductory
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 Introduction Resource- Tables and charts are a great way to present numerical information in a clear and concise form. This unit explains how to use the Windows calculator to carry out basic operations and calculate percentages....
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- 1.1 Operating the Windows calculator Resource
- The Windows calculator is supplied with the Windows operating system. This section provides you with basic instructions for its use, and a few practice activities. The Windows calculator also provides...
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| | 2 Forms of representing information
- 2.1 Using tables, percentages and charts Resource
- In the remainder of this unit, we will look at some of the ways in which large amounts of information can be represented in a manageable form.
- 2.2 Reading a table Resource
- Tables are a common way of presenting information. We use tables to display key information, usually numbers. Tables can form a summary of information, or they may be a starting point for a discussion....
- 2.3 Working with percentages Resource
- Table 1 used percentages, rather than actual numbers, to compare the number of people using the internet for each purpose. Numbers are expressed as if they are ‘out of a hundred’ when using percentages,...
- 2.4 Reading a chart Resource
- Diagrams are a common graphical way of representing information. Processes and ideas can often be summarised more effectively in diagrammatic form than in words.
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