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Maths Support : Topics

Introduction

Amongst this section we have a selection of guides relating to topics frequently encountered at The University of Suffolk.

 

Algebra

During this guide we review the notion of the equation of a line. Soon this document will be supplemented by additional material including video tutorials. 

Number

In this guide we begin with a brief discussion on metric units and their conversions, before reviewing essential percentage calculations including calculating percentages of an amount, percentage increase and decrease, and writing one number as a percentage of another.

We conclude with a discussion on standard/engineering form, which is a notation used frequently across science and engineering courses.

Statistics & Data

During this guide we review essential descriptive statistics and distributions. We conclude with an introduction to hypothesis testing. 

Vectors & Matrices

This guide in separated in to two mini-chapters: vectors and matrices. We begin by reviewing the notion of a vector and vector notation, and conclude chapter one with a discussion on common vector operations.

In chapter two we introduce the notion of a matrix, before reviewing Matrix arithmetic and determinants.