MTE 280
Elementary Math

Numbers

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Composite Numbers

Prime

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Prime numbers

Integers

Adding

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Subtracting

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Adding inverse: KCC or Keep Change ChangeImages

Multiplying/ Dividing

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Same sign gives you a positive answerDifferent sign gives you a negative answerImages

Fractions

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*Do not teach to solve using improper fractions*Top number is how many pieces we haveBottom number is the size of the piecesShowing Fractions

Comparing Fractions

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Less than symbol looks like an L <Greater than symbol >Reasoning for comparing fractions:same denominatornumerator the same so went with (bigger/ smaller) piecesanchor fractions ( bigger/ smaller than half)Bigger or smaller pieces (number) away Image

Adding/ Subtracting Fractions

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Multiplying/ Dividing Fractions

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*Do not say cancel out* say "funky 1" insteadImage

Decimals

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Decimals are fractionsDo not say line up your decimals, Say line up your whole numbers. 1.0 Ones0.1 Tenths0.01 Hundreths0.001 ThousandthsImage

Add/Subtract

Multiply/ Divide

Order of operations

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PEMDAS can be confusingUse this instead:GroupingExponentsM/D Divide or Multiply (Left to Right)S/A Add or Subtract (Left to Right)ImageImage

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Methods

Addition

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Combining numbers

Subtraction

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Finding a difference

Multiplication

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Multiplying two numbers is finding the area all the time.

Area Model

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Reinforces prior understandingIs repeatableIs efficient enoughImage

Expanded Form

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Reinforces prior understandingIs repeatableIs efficient-ishImage

Left-to-right

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Reinforces prior understandingIs repeatableIs efficient enoughImage

Lattice

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Reinforces prior understandingIs repeatableIs efficientImage

Division

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15/515 into 5 groups is 3Finding out how many things are inside a groupTraditional is long division

Prime Factorization

Factor Trees

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Downwards division

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Repeated Subtraction

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Upwards division

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Divisibility Rules

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Base 10 Blocks

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Base 10 blocksFlats are hundredsLongs are tensunits are ones