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Common Mistakes and Sources

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Arithmetic | 17 of 17

Prerequisites: Addition. Enables: None.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Adding or subtracting decimals without lining up decimal points.

  • Treating subtraction as commutative.

  • Treating division as commutative.

  • Dividing by zero.

  • Forgetting to work left to right for multiplication/division or addition/subtraction.

  • Adding fractions before finding a common denominator.

  • Multiplying fractions by adding numerators and denominators.

  • Dividing fractions without using the reciprocal of the divisor.

  • Dropping negative signs during multi-step calculations.

  • Confusing percent form with decimal form.

  • Using $25$ instead of $0.25$ for $25\%$ in calculations.

  • Moving the decimal in only one number when dividing decimals.

  • Rounding too early in a multi-step problem.

  • Forgetting that $1$ is neither prime nor composite.

  • Assuming an estimate must equal the exact answer.

Sources


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