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Error Analysis

This document discusses common errors that can occur when solving multi-step equations and provides examples. It notes that incorrect inverse operations, distributing incorrectly, combining unlike terms incorrectly, and computational errors are common mistakes. It also explains that to check if a solution is correct, you substitute the solution back into the original equation and see if the final statement is true or false. If true, the solution satisfies the equation; if false, it does not.

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Error Analysis

This document discusses common errors that can occur when solving multi-step equations and provides examples. It notes that incorrect inverse operations, distributing incorrectly, combining unlike terms incorrectly, and computational errors are common mistakes. It also explains that to check if a solution is correct, you substitute the solution back into the original equation and see if the final statement is true or false. If true, the solution satisfies the equation; if false, it does not.

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Multi-Step Equation Error Analysis

Notes

Do Now
Find and explain the errors:
2(x + 1) = x 4(x 2)
2x + 2 = x 4(x 2)
2x + 2 = x 4 x 8
2x + 2 = -3x 8
-6 = -5x
-6/5 = x

Do Now- Solution

Find and explain the errors:

Incorrect
inverse
operations.
Subtracted 8
instead of
adding 8.

2(x + 1) = x 4(x 2)
2x + 2 = x 4(x 2)
2x + 2 = x 4 x 8
2x + 2 = -3x 8
-6 = -5x
-6/5 = x
A negative
divided by
a negative
is positive

A negative
multiplied
by a
negative is
positive

Launch: Multi-Step Equation Error Analysis

3x + 4 = 8
3x = 12
3 3
x=4

Error with inverse


operations. Incorrectly
added 4 to both sides,
instead of subtracting
by 4.

Is the solution to this equation correct?


If not, what error(s) were made?
3(4) + 4 = 8
12 + 4 = 8
16 8

Not correct!

Summary Questions
1. What common errors are made when solving
multi-step equations?
2. How can we determine if a solution to a multistep equation is correct?
3. When checking the answer to a multi-step
equation, what does it imply if the last statement
is true or false?

1. Multi-Step Equation Error Analysis


Some common errors that occur when solving
multi-step equations include:
- Incorrect inverse operations
- Distributing incorrectly
- Combining unlike terms (constants and variables)
- Errors with integers (+ and )
- Computational errors

2. Multi-Step Equation Error Analysis


We can determine if the solution to a multi-step
equation is correct or incorrect by checking the
answer (substituting the value for x into the original
equation, and determining if the last statement is
true or false)
Example: x = 4
3x + 4 = 8
3(4) + 4 = 8
12 + 4 = 8
16 8

3. Multi-Step Equation Error Analysis


If the last statement of a check is true, it means
that the value for x satisfies the equation.
3=3
If the last statement of a check is false, it means
that the value for x does not satisfy the equation.
11 8

Exit Ticket
Find the error(s) in the students work:
a+6 =a3
4
a + 6 = 4 (a 3)
6 = 3a 3
9 = 3a
3=a

Exit Ticket Solution


Find the error(s) in the students work:
a+6 =a3
4
a + 6 = 4 (a 3)
6 = 3a 3
9 = 3a
3=a

Did not
distribute
the 4 to
the -3

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