Today we took a more detailed look at the order of operations. We noticed how it is important to work through each level or layer of the operations (like a checklist). We looked at different kinds of grouping, why we use grouping symbols, and how we need to be careful to solve the operations fromContinue reading “The order of operations”
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The gold trading story … also known as the order of operations
Our new unit today (Unit 7) began with a short story to show how two islands trading gold bars made a mistake because one always multiplied first and the other always added first. We saw how, applied to the real world, we need to have an order in which we do our mathematical operations. WeContinue reading “The gold trading story … also known as the order of operations”
Mr. J’s Math Class 