common errors in Maths

Common errors committed by students...

Learning from errors

While evaluating examination papers , plenty of math errors are noticed which are commited by students. Some of them are purely conceptual which reflect no clarity of concept or using wrong math concept , some are misread type- students show carelessness while performing calculations, addition operation is mixed with multiplication ,figures are not correctly drawn, word problems are not properly translated to mathematical equations and so on.

Learning from mistakes is a strategy for improving oneself. Why not try this for improving mathematics concept learning?

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Errors in Mathematics

Students of Grade 8 committed following mistakes at the time of examination.

1. Cancellation of numerator and denominator terms

2. Solving exponents

3. Numerical transformations ...70 is not equal to square of 35

4. Importance of putting brackets