Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Order of Operations and What it Means to Evaluate an Expression or Equation

Often the blog title will reference the topic that was discussed in class. Certainly today's title is representative of today's class themes. In following with our philosophy of developing class autonomy, students were provided with a numerical equation which they had to then translate into distinct verbal expressions. We continued by discussing the pros and cons of using a device like PEMDAS for the purpose of using order of operations.

Home Nugget #4
Assigned on Tuesday September 15, 2009
Due on Wednesday September 16, 2009

In Algebra textbook,
Page 13
#29 - 31
#33 - 39
#41 - 43

Page 14
#44, 48

FCAs
2 points: all problems completed
2 points: evidence provided for all problems