Sunday, November 7, 2010

Order of Operations

The language of Math

B- Brackets ( )
E- Exponents a²
D-Division (Division and Multiplication are in order from left to right)
M-Multiplication
A-Addition (Addition and Subtraction are in order from left to right)
S-Subtraction

Example:

2 + 3 x 4 =

2 + 12=

14=

Questions:

1.Annie has been asked to calculate 1.7 + 6 ÷ 2. She claims that the answer is 3.85. Do you agree? Explain why or why not.

Answer: Annie is wrong because 4.7 is the right answer. This is how I got it.

1.7 + 6 ÷ 2 =

1.7 + 3 =

4.7=

2.Put brackets in the following expression to get the largest value possible. What problem solving strategy did you use?

Answer: I used multiplication and division.

Multiplication:

( 3 x 2.8 ) + 6.4 ÷ 4 =

8.4 + 6.4 ÷ 4 =

8.4 + 1.6 =

10 =

Division:

3 x 2.8 + ( 6.4 ÷ 4 ) =

3 x 2.8 + 1.6 =

8.4 + 1.6 =

10 =

3.Create a problem that could be solved using the following expression. 2.5 + 1.25 + 5 x 1.6

Problem: Nicole went out to buy candies. The gum cost $1.25, the chocolate cost $2.5 and 5 lollipops cost $1.6 each. Nicole has $13, does she have enough money?

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9 comments:

Isabel873 said...

Good Job Zachary!!!!I really like how you explained whats the meaning of BEDMAS but next time you might want to put an image.... but overall you did a great job!!! :)

joshL814 said...

Great Job Zachary! You almost have everything. You just forgot to put a video. Anyways your scribe really helped me a lot. Next time you might want to put your words in a larger font.

samantha873 said...

You did a good job but I think next time you should add a picture to help people understand more!

Janessa814 said...

Good job , and I like the video too !

Marlo873 said...

Great job zachary I like how you explained BEDMAS it's easy to understand but when it got to the video it got a little bit complicated but overall I think you did a great job.

Carlor 8-14 said...

Good job! I like how you explained your solution in every problems you really explained it well! You did a great job!

daphne906 said...

Nice Job! I like how you changed the colour for the important words, but next time you should also add an image to let us understand better.

Amiel816 said...

Good job, you should have highlight the important words.

liam873 said...

it is a good video