Showing posts with label ms. Favazza's pre-algebra class. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Review for Tuesday

*If a negative sign is NOT in parenthesis the answer is ALWAYS negative

a problem -x4 (4 is a power)
^
-34 (4 is a power) 2(3+4)2 (2 is a power)
-3*3*3*3 ^
^ 2*72 (2 is a power)
-9*3*3 ^
^ 2*49 (7*7=49)
-27*3 ^
^ 98
-81

*odd powers are negative *evens powers are positive
*remember P(please)(parenthesis)
E (enjoy)(exponents)
M(mickey)(times) or D(donald)(divide)
A(acting)(add)or S(singing)(subtract)