Success in Maths at UniSQ

Success in Maths for Aviation

To support you in your Aviation studies, UniSQ Support for Learning provides a range of activities to assist with mathematics skills.

Quick Videos and print resources to refresh your Maths skills

Arithmetic & Mental Maths

Order of operations (print handout)

This 6 minute video covers the importance of the order of operations with examples.

Image to click on to play the Order of Operations video.

There is also a QuickTip for Order of Operations with aviation examples.

Calculating with negative numbers (print handout)

This 7 minute video covers how to calculate with negative numbers.

Click on the image to play the video for calculating with negative numbers.

There is also a QuickTip for Calculating with negative numbers (Coming Soon).

Decimals (including percentages and rates) (print handout)

This 11 minute video covers

  • the link between fractions and decimals
  • converting between fractions and decimals
  • percentages, including percentage increase and decrease
  • rates.

Click on the image to play the video for decimals (including percentages and rates).

There is also a QuickTip for percentages.

Other QuickTips and other print resources for Arithmetic and Mental Maths:

Graphs and graphing

Relationships as graphs (print handout)

This 8 minute video covers the Cartesian co-ordinate system and drawing graphs.

Video to play the video for Relationships as graphs

Gradient (print handout)

This 7 minute video covers how to

  • find the gradient (or slope) of a straight (linear) line
  • drawing a line using a point and the gradient.

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Algebra

Introduction to Algebra: relationships as words (print handout)

This12 minute video covers:

  • translating from words to symbols (relationships)
  • variables and expressions
  • collecting like terms.

Click on the image to play the Introduction to algebra: relationships in words video.

Substituting and rearranging equations (print handout)

This 12 minute video covers

  • substituting values into equations
  • rearranging equations.

Click on the video to play the substituting and rearranging equations video.

There is also a QuickTip to help you rearrange equations.

Trigonometry

Pythagoras' Theorem (print handout)

This 4 minute video covers using Pythagoras' Theorem.

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Introduction to trigonometry (printable handout)

This 20 minute video introduces:

  • labeling triangles for trigonometry
  • Pythagoras' Theorem
  • trigonometric ratios
  • worked examples using trigonometric ratios

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