Essential Skills

Trades Math Workbook

By November 20, 2020July 8th, 2022No Comments

This webpage contains an online workbook that includes questions and learning material to help you learn more about the numeracy skills required to work in the trades. You will discover how journeypersons use numeracy on the job, practice your numeracy skills, and find out which numeracy skills you may need to improve.

The workbook reviews the math foundation skills required for trades occupations and provides workplace examples. The learning material is divided into four sections: Measurement and Calculation, Money Math, Scheduling, Budgeting, Accounting, and Data Analysis.

After every question, there is a button that will display the correct answer to help you review your answers as you complete the workbook and see which areas of numeracy you may need to improve.

This resource is appropriate for those with an elementary reading level and above.


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Trades Math Workbook


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