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Basic Workplace Numeracy Skills – Part 2
Getting to Grips With Multistage Math Problems
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Break down tricky math into simple calculations.
For many of us, math sometimes seems abstract and difficult. Strings of numbers and symbols dance across the screen and don't seem to mean much in the "real world."
But, in fact, you can use math to solve a wide range of practical workplace problems – calculating payments, working out measurements, and allocating resources, for example. And, once you understand the basic methods and principles, it's really not as hard as it looks!
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