I know workshop can be pretty intense, but I need to make sure each and every one of you know how to do the problems that were on Friday's quiz correctly. Make sure you have your Math notebook and a pencil out and ready to go if you are in workshop. Aunt Sally can't wait to be excused :)
Some of the things I'm noticing:
While many of you are doing great with remembering your Order of Operations, some of you are forgetting to copy the rest of the problem down exactly the way it is after you complete one operation. This is an example of doing the first operation in the right order, but then copying the rest of the problem incorrectly:
See how the 9 got brought down because mulitplication comes before addition, and so we assumed that we multiplied whatever we had already solved by 9... and then we just randomly added that 4? Be SURE to copy the rest of the problem down EXACTLY how it appears after performing every operation:
This is correct. First, we did division (because Multiplication and Division are on the same level, and should be performed from left to right). Right after that, we copied the rest of the problem exactly how it appears above. Then we multiplied 4x9 to get 36 - but notice that, again, we brought the rest of the problem down with it exactly how it appears above. Then we added for our final answer.
Something else I noticed on your quizzes was some confusion about variables:
Remember that a number right next to a variable means MULTIPLY! :)
Example:
Solve 2x + 3, if x = 5.
Notice the "2x" part? Don't just plug 5 in for x. Remember, 2x means 2 times x. So:
2 x 5 + 3
10 + 3
= 13.
See you tomorrow for more workshop.
