Engineers - Area And Volume

Knowing the maths to use when calculating area and volume is an essential skill for engineers. In this course you will learn how to calculate area and volume for common shapes as well as being introduced to Pythagoras' theorem. Suitable for intermediate learners.

Introduction

Any time engineers are making things they will likely need to know the size and shape of the materials they are working with. Processing materials usually means manipulating their shape in some way, either by increasing or decreasing the total amount of material, or by changing the dimensions to make it a different shape. It is important that engineers know how much of a material they will need to work with and how much will be wasted or lost during manufacture so that they can order the right quantity of material, and ensure their production is as efficient as possible.

The size and shape of a material are defined by the lengths between points on the material, the area of the various flat sides and the total volume of the material. In this session we will look at these different ways of quantifying the size of something, as well as learning how to calculate some common areas and volumes that you will come across.

You will learn

1. Know what area and volume of shapes are
2. Know how to calculate area of various common shapes
3. Know how to calculate volume of various common shapes
4. Know what Pythagoras’ theorem is and how to use it