Christine, 2.3 For Yesterday and Today!

MONDAY:

Yesterday in class, we discussed translating words into mathematical expressions. A few examples of this for addition would be:

6 more than a number

3 plus a number

the sum of two numbers.

An example for subtraction would be:

2 less than a number

a number decreased by 12

the difference between two numbers.

An example of multiplication would be:

2/3 of a number

twice a number

the product of two numbers

An example for division would be:

the quotient of a number

a number divided by.

It was really helpful to see math in words instead of numbers! It made it much easier to figure out problems and helped me understand better! This showed up in last nights homework in the form of word problems.

TUESDAY:

Today in class, we related math to real life by looking at the scribe posts that everyone had come up with and seeing things that you can change. Also, JoJo talked to us about the importance of doing homework because it will pay off later in life. We went over the homework problems that many didn't understand, especially number 27. 27 was difficult to most because it made you show every single step and not everyone fully understood it. It REALLY helps doing work in steps because it stops you from messing up! Why wouldn't you do the steps if you could get a 100? I have problems showing the steps and it does show in my homework, you just need to take the time to really disect the problem and go through all of the steps ON PAPER!

The next scribe will be Jared