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Review of Grade 9 (and prior)

Day 1:

Order of Operations

Integers

Fractions

MPM2D - Mr. Brash

St. Matthew HS

school.brash.ca

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Why do we have an order of operations?

BEDMAS = PEMDAS

Consider this statement:

“Ian said Shelley won first prize and I won second prize.”

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Ian said Shelley won first prize and I won second prize.

Without punctuation, there are 3 possible meanings.

Ian said, "Shelley won first prize and I won second prize."

"Ian," said Shelley, "won first prize and I won second prize."

Ian said Shelley won first prize and I [that is the speaker] won second prize.

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In math, in order to avoid confusion about meaning, an agreed-upon order of operations tells us whether a mathematical expression such as:

What are the possible solutions to this problem?

What is the correct solution to this problem?

15 - 12 ÷ 4

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BEDMAS: Why the ÷ symbol is dead.

25 ÷ (-5) × 3

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Integers… what are they and how do they work?

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Fractions: one of math’s f-words.