Basic Engineering Mathematics

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Core topics of basic engineering mathematics presented as structured lessons and revision tests, covering arithmetic (including factors, multiples, precedence), fractions, decimals, calculator use, percentages, ratio and proportion, powers/roots and indices, units and engineering notation, algebra and further algebra (including factorization and precedence), and methods for solving simple, simultaneous, and quadratic equations, followed by logarithms.

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Basic Engineering Mathematics In memory of Elizabeth Basic Engineering Mathematics Fifth edition John Bird, BSc(Hons), CMath, CEng, CSci, FIMA, FIET, MIEE, FIIE, FCollT AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA First edition 1999 Second edition 2000 Third edition 2002 Fourth edition 2005 Fifth edition 2010 Copyright © 2010, John Bird, Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The right of John Bird to be identiﬁed as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; [email: permissions@elsevier.com](email: permissions@elsevier.com). Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at [http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions](http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions), and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent veriﬁcation of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-13: 978-1-85-617697-2 For information on all Newnes publications visit our Web site [at](at www.elsevierdirect.com)[ www.elsevierdirect.com](at www.elsevierdirect.com) Typeset by: diacriTech, India Printed and bound in China 10 11 12 13 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Preface ix Acknowledgements x Instructor’s Manual xi 1 Basic arithmetic 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Revision of addition and subtraction 1 1.3 Revision of multiplication and division 3 1.4 Highest common factors and lowest common multiples 5 1.5 Order of precedence and brackets 6 2 Fractions 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Adding and subtracting fractions 10 2.3 Multiplication and division of fractions 12 2.4 Order of precedence with fractions 13 Revision Test 1 15 3 Decimals 16 3.1 Introduc

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