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Basic Science

Understanding Numbers

Amy Turner and Luke Mander

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Why science needs numbers including writing and presenting very large and very small numbers for science
Using numbers for science including calculating areas, volumes and density
Important concepts in numbers for science including rounding, fractions, percentages and negative numbers
Communicating numbers for science including averages, drawing and interpreting graphs, correlation, causation and coincidence

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12 hours

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FutureLearn

Institution

The Open University

Instructors

Amy Turner

Luke Mander

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