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 Words When 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 Another Many 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

 Part 2: Applied Mathematics Change Numbers from One Form to Another Divide the top number by the bottom number.

  Example 1: Part 2: Applied Mathematics Change Numbers from One Form to Another 0.2

Example 2 Example 3

Example 4 Example 5

 Find Information from One or Two Graphics When 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 Number of Shirts Sold

 Part 3: Locating Information Find Information from One or Two Graphics Example 1

Part 3: Locating Information Find Information from One or Two Graphics Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Directions: Answer the following problems on a piece of paper and turn in. Exit Slip 1.2.

3.