Basic Engineering Mathematics Fifth edition By John Bird

Basic Engineering Mathematics Fifth edition By John Bird

Contents:

1 Basic arithmetic 

2 Fractions

3 Decimals

4 Using a calculator

5 Percentages

6 Ratio and proportion

7 Powers, roots and laws of indices

8 Units, prefixes and engineering notation

9 Basic algebra

10 Further algebra

11 Solving simple equations

12 Transposing formulae

13 Solving simultaneous equations

14 Solving quadratic equations

15 Logarithms

Preface:

Basic Engineering Mathematics 5th Edition introduces and then consolidates basic mathematical principles and promotes awareness of mathematical concepts  students needing a broad base for further vocational studies. In this fifth edition,new material has been added to many of the chapters, particularly some of the earlier chapters, together with extra practical problems interspersed throughout the text. The extent of this fifth edition is such that four chapters from the previous edition have been removed and placed on the easily available website http://www.booksite.elsevier.com/newnes/bird. The chapters removed to the website are ‘Number sequences’, ‘Binary, octal and hexadecimal’, ‘Inequalities’ and ‘Graphs with logarithmic scales’