Maths for Diploma Studies
This lesson is designed to provide the background knowledge in maths required to study CIBD Diplomas successfully. It will describe the basics of maths before detailing the more complex concepts encountered in CIBD lessons. Techniques for working with numbers, equations, and units will also be described.
Point of Reflection – Reconvene
Welcome back! So, what were your thoughts?
We use 220 boxes to hand package bottles and produce 197 packs for sale, so we divide 197 by 220 and multiply by 100 to get the percentage yield:
And our loss is given by subtracting the percentage yield from 100%:
And it’s time to fire the box packer!
To help reinforce what we have just learned, on the next page there are some practice questions. Answers and explanations can be revealed by clicking on show answer.