Utility Industry Math Boot Camp
Outline and Learning Objectives
Day of Remediation/Orientation is a full day held 2 -3 weeks prior to commencement of the
Math Boot Camp. It prepares the students for the boot Camp and provides them with pre-work
that must be completed prior to the first day of boot camp.
Class includes:
- Times Tables
- Multiples and Factors
- Reducing Fractions
- Simplifying Square Roots
- Multiplying Fractions with cross-canceling
- Pythagorean Triples (finding the missing side)
The following also occurs during the Day of Remediation/Orientation:
- Administer Ruler Quiz and then distribute Ruler handbook to be completed as
homework
- Administer Daily Quizzes," i.e., Times Tables Quiz, Perfect Squares/Square Roots Quiz,
Common Fractions Expressed as Decimals and Percents Quiz
- Administer the Mechanical Comprehension Assessment and then distribute the
Mechanical Comprehension handouts to be completed as homework
- Administer the Spatial Reasoning Assessments
- Hand out Syllabus for Math Boot Camp
- Handout the Student Agreement and have students sign and return to instructor
Math Boot Camp - 6-Day Boot Camp
- 5 days of the boot camp can be held consecutively over a one week period or spread out
over several weeks.
- Day 6 should be a full day of class, and includes spatial reasoning a refresher of all
material, as well as extensive testing in a timed environment.
Ideal: Pre-Employment Test should be administered within 2 weeks of Day 6
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Learning Objectives
Mathematics
Mental Mathematics Skills
At the beginning of Day 1, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate perfect knowledge of how to "read" a ruler by scoring 100% on Ruler Quiz #2.
2. Demonstrate high times tables proficiency by scoring at least 80% on Times Tables Quiz #2.
3. Demonstrate above average recall of perfect squares and their square roots by scoring at least
80% on Perfect Squares/Square Roots Quiz #2.
4. Demonstrate above average recall of common fractions and their decimal and percent
equivalents by scoring at least 80% on Common Fractions Expressed as Decimals and
Percents Quiz #2.
At the beginning of Day 6, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate perfect knowledge of how to "read" a ruler by scoring 100% on Ruler Quiz #12.
2. Demonstrate perfect tables proficiency by scoring 100% on Times Tables Quiz #12.
3. Demonstrate perfect recall of perfect squares and their square roots by scoring 100% on
Perfect Squares/Square Roots Quiz #12.
4. Demonstrate perfect recall of common fractions and their decimal and percent equivalents by
scoring 100% on Common Fractions Expressed as Decimals and Percents Quiz #12.
Mathematics Topics
At the end of Day 1, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Digits and Numbers
 understand the components of the Real Number System,
 differentiate between multiples and factors; find the Least Common Multiple and Greatest
Common Factor,
 differentiate between/calculate the terms of arithmetic and geometric number sequences.
2. Whole Numbers and Decimals
 perform basic arithmetical operations involving whole numbers and decimals,
 multiply and divide, rapidly, by whole number and decimal powers of 10,
 identify significant digits in numbers,
 round whole numbers and decimals to given places.
3. Signed numbers
 perform basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) of signed numbers
4. Ruler Fractions and Mixed Numbers I
 define fractions,
 write fractions,
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identify types of fractions,
change improper fractions to mixed numbers,
change mixed numbers to improper fractions,
reduce fractions to lowest terms,
create common denominators,
increase/reduce fractions to designated denominators (create proportions).
At the end of Day 2, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Ruler Fractions and Mixed Numbers II
 perform basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) with fractions and
mixed numbers.
2. Ratios and Proportions
 solve ratio problems,
 solve direct and inverse proportion problems.
At the end of Day 3, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Percents
 convert fractions to decimals,
 convert decimals to percents,
 convert percents to decimals,
 solve unknown percent/part/whole in miscellaneous computational and word problems.
At the end of Day 4, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Dimensional Analysis
 perform English unit conversions,
 perform metric unit conversions,
 perform English-to-metric and metric-to-English conversions,
 solve miscellaneous Dimensional Analysis word problems.
At the end of Day 5, the hardworking student should be able to:
1. Geometry
 define and understand characteristics of points, lines, angles, polygons, circles and solids,
 solve miscellaneous basic geometry problems.
2. Graphic Arithmetic
 determine, using the appropriate formula, the perimeter/area/volume of a variety of objects.
Spatial Reasoning
At the end of Day 1, the hardworking student should be able to:
 count hidden and touching blocks.
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At the end of Day 3, the hardworking student should be able to:
 "make" rectangular boxes,
 "fold" boxes,
 "unfold" boxes,
 understand object patterns.
At the end of Day 4, the hardworking student should be able to:
 "rotate" shapes,
 find "rotated" shapes.
At the end of Day 5, the hardworking student should be able to:
 match pieces and parts,
 assemble parts.
Mechanical Comprehension
At the beginning of Day 6, the hardworking student should be able to understand the basics of:
 Newton's Laws of Motion,
 the relationship between work and energy,
 momentum,
 simple machines,
 mechanical advantage,
 hydraulics,
 pneumatics.
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