February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
456 pages
14h 39m
English
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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition
by Carla C. Kirkland, Chan Cleveland
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Chapter 18
Ten Common Math Errors to Avoid
IN THIS CHAPTER
Overlooking signs
Confusing similar formulas and terms
Freaking out over fractions
Knowing how to perform certain types of math operations is a big part of solving problems correctly, but it isn’t everything. Caution is also important. Avoiding common math errors involves both. Think back to times when you saw what you missed on math tests and thought, “Oh yeah, I had this mixed up with that!” This chapter helps you avoid that exact situation. Errors are always a threat. Don’t let them get you.
Misusing Negative Signs
In our observations, math mistakes occur most frequently when negatives are involved. Negatives are to math problems what land mines are to war zones, except they’re only dangerous to math scores. That’s the good news. When you see a negative sign, you should turn your level of caution up a notch or two. Such a small symbol has so much power to transform a quantity. Imagine being told that you have $1 million in a bank account and then being told, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t see the negative sign. You have –$1 million. You are that much in debt.” It’s a completely different picture. One misuse of a negative ...
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