MTH 219 Wk 1 Discussion – Order of Operations and Inequalities

Due Thursday

Post a response of at least 175 words to one of the discussion prompts:

Prompt 1

Watch one of the following Week 1 Videos:

• Khan Academy: “Intro to Order of Operations”
• Khan Academy: “Order of Operations Example”
• University of Phoenix: “Play of the Day”

Answer the following questions:

• How do you remember order of operations?
• If you use a calculator for computation, is order of operations still important? Why or why not?
• What are some possible outcomes when order of operations is ignored?

 Prompt 2

Watch one of the following Week 1 Videos:

• Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “An Intro to Solving Linear Equations: Solving Some Basic Linear Equations”
• Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Solving Linear Equations”

Answer the following questions:

• When solving linear equations, why do we need to perform the same operation to both sides of the equation?
• What would happen if we only performed operations to one side of the equation?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

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