Math Update

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The students are being presented with a variety of one-step and two-step word problems. The focus is on all 4 operations. Today we discussed the order of operations. The students now know that multiplication or division is completed first and then addition or subtraction, UNLESS they see parentheses.

Please continue to help your child get faster on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Your support is crucial to your child’s learning!


Math Update

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As many of you know, we have been focusing on a variety of one-step and two-step word problems. Here is an example of a two step problem:

Suzy received 3 postcards of zebras and 2 postcards of monkeys each month for 3 months. How many postcards is that?

Students use the language and context of each problem to determine which operation or operations (multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction) they must use to solve it. Because we have also been discussing order of operations, it is extremely important that your child start to use one equation for these problems.

Multiplication and division will be done before addition and subtraction. If you want to tell people to add or subtract first, you must use parentheses. Parentheses mean “Do this first.”