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Ler H.
9/16/2014 08:34:50 am
Sometimes as students, we look at integers and overthink it but it's actually really simple. Some mistakes we make are forgetting the rules of adding, multiplying, and dividing integers. When we forget the rules we end up messing up the whole problem and it makes everything a lot harder.
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Brooke B.
9/17/2014 05:20:32 am
Some mistakes students make when using integers is we don't always go with our first idea and end up thinking too much. Some mistakes are caused by not doing the problem right and messing it up. But most times we go too fast and forget the small, but important details.
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Benjamin N
9/17/2014 06:08:32 am
Lots of students make mistakes when adding, dividing and multiplying negative integers. They think that negative times negative equals a negative (When it equals a positive) which throws them off. Also they make lots of mistakes adding, since the rules for adding vary form time to time. They forget all of these rules, throwing them off the whole problem.
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Grace M.
9/17/2014 07:16:58 am
I often get confused with multiplying and dividing negative integers. It is very simple to make mistakes because the problem could look like it can be solved many different ways. Or you may rush through a problem and mess up. A mistake that also can be made when multiplying a negative and a negative
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Jonathan G
9/17/2014 08:11:34 am
You could get the steps mixed up or not write the correct varibles. Or you might miss one step and make careless errors. Or rush through it.
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Sam D.
9/18/2014 05:52:50 am
A lot of time we make really careless mistakes in our problem solving or we just over think it. The point is is that we make a lot of mistakes and we as students need to take our time and solve the problem the right way. In addition we could use the wrong numbers or or just carry the numbers wrong from number to number. In multiplication we could multiply the wrong numbers or just make careless mistakes. In division we could of course divide the wrong numbers or just forget how to divide.
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Ivori McNeal
9/18/2014 06:36:57 am
I agree with Ler when she said that as students we often over think things which causes us to make mistakes on simple problems. I also think that sometimes when we are supposed to do one operation we end up over thinking the problem which may lead to us doing a different operation. ^.^
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Matthew B.
9/18/2014 06:57:16 am
I think that some mistakes students make on addition, subtraction, multiplying, and dividing is that we rush through it or forget our order or operations and end up missing something small which messes up our problem.
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Matthew B.
9/18/2014 07:01:19 am
I think that as students we make mistakes in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division because we rush the problem or forget our order of operations and end up overlooking a small detail that in time ruins our problem.
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Leo J
9/18/2014 09:19:48 am
Students might make mistakes when working with integers, because there are many different rules to remember. Integers for me have never been a walk in the park. I'm always messing up with things like -5x-5=25. the way I remember is that 2 negatives make a positive. So if -5/-5=1 gives you a hard time, just remember -x-=+.when a + and a - goes together it = a -. in adding and subtracting, just let the larger number be dominant for example: -3+4=1.
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Mrs. Baptist
9/25/2014 04:43:14 pm
Very through explanation Leo.
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Zoe R.
9/18/2014 09:56:01 am
negative and positive integers can be confusing when your dividing or multipling a 2 or more negatives with a positive. Even in a number scentence or expression or equation it can be difficult to understand/remember the rule for multiplying and/or dividing with a negative and a positive.
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Charlotte M.
9/18/2014 10:09:22 am
One mistake that you might make could be not knowing the difference between multiplulying negatives and positives. For example, a negative times a positive is a negative, but a negative times a negative is a positive. Although, it's not the same with addition, which can also be confusing. For addition, a negative plus a negative doesn't always equal a positive.
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Mrs. Baptist
9/25/2014 04:45:15 pm
A negative plus a negative sum is never positive.
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Saije G.
9/18/2014 10:11:19 am
An error would be for me is like sometimes when I am doing anythingwith integersIalways for got to look back and see of it was negative or positive number
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Reid M.
9/18/2014 10:45:57 am
One of the most common errors of students I would think are just careless mistakes. those for me are one of the top mistakes I have if I'm doing homework or even just a regular math problem. for instance, you might add instead of multiplying or subtract instead of dividing. or instead of doing 1 to the 3rd power, you would just do 1x3. those are one of my top mistakes.
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Joseph Patton
9/18/2014 07:53:12 pm
Some mistakes when adding, dividing, and multiplying integers is we make is as students we see a big problem with a lot of adding, dividing, and multiplying in it. So it makes us think to hard about the one problem, and then when thats happening we also make careless mistakes on the simple part of the problem. also people might have forgot the rules of adding and multiplying negatives and positives so they might make simple mistakes that way to.
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Hayden R.
9/19/2014 05:13:28 am
common mistakes people make while adding multiplying and dividing integers. a common mistake when multiplying integers is people can put the wrong symbol. because when dealing with variables x can be either a multiplication symbol or variable on the other hand the a raised period cant. another mistake is people use the chart with the 2 negative signs and one positive sign for addition. when its only used for multiplication and division.
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