Mathematics and Problem Solving for Fire Service Personnel: A Worktext for Student Achievement
Mathematics and Problem Solving for Fire Service Personnel, 1/e Eugene MahoneyMathematics and Problem Solving for Fire Service Personnel serves as both a review of basic math for students and a study book for firefighters preparing for a promotional examination. The author provides a review of mathematical, statistical, and basic measurement principles, in addition to mathematical hydraulic word problems, hazardous material calculations, and more, in order to provide a complete overview of...
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Mathematics and Problem Solving for Fire Service Personnel serves as both a review of basic math for students and a study book for firefighters preparing for a promotional examination. The overview of mathematical, statistical, and basic measurement principles, in addition to mathematical hydraulic word problems and hazardous material calculations enable the firefighter student to learn the fundamentals of mathematics while applying the skills to on the job situations. With experience in a variety of positions and associations, Eugene Mahoney, a retired Fire Chief and Fire Science Program Coordinator, provides information on introductory mathematical principles including arithmetic, statistics, and various formulas and figures. By introducing the basics of mathematics for firefighters in an easy and understandable way, this book serves as an introductory tool for all firefighters who seek both the fundamentals and continued success in the field.
INTRODUCTIONABOUT THE AUTHORPREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSCHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF NUMBERSCHAPTER TWO - SOLVING AND PROVING WHOLE NUMBER ADDITION PROBLEMSCHAPTER THREE – WORKING WITH AND PROVING WHOLE NUMBER MULTIPICATION PROBLEMSCHAPTER FOUR – SOLVING AND PROVING WHOLE NUMBER DIVISION, SUBTRACTION AND SQUARE ROOT PROBLEMSCHAPTER FIVE – WORKING WITH FRACTIONSCHAPTER SIX – WORKING WITH DECIMALSCHAPTER SEVEN – SOLVING COMBINATION PROBLEMSCHAPTER EIGHT – UNDERSTANDING MEASUREMENTSCHAPTER NINE – WORKING WITH PERCENT AND PERCENTAGESCHAPTER TEN – WORKING WITH STATISTICSCHAPTER ELEVEN – FORMULAS AND FORMULA MANIPULATIONSAPPENDIXSection One – Tables of U.S. units of measurementSection Two – Tables of Metric Units of MeasurementSection Three – International Units of MeasurementSection Four – The Addition ChartSection Five – The Multiplication ChartSection Six – The Times TablesSection Seven – The Placement ChartSection Eight – Basic Fire Department Hydraulic FiguresSection Nine – Letters Used in a Number of the Fire Department FormulasSection Ten – Traditional Formulas Introduced in the BookSection Eleven – Square Root TableReaders Practice Problems
