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Chapter 10 Plan What are your goals for Chapter 10? How can you accomplish each goal? (Write in the steps you will take to succeed.) 1 Be prepared before and during class. • • • • 2 Understand the homework to the point where you could do it without needing any help or hints. • • • 3 Use the P.O.W.E.R. framework to learn beginning financial literacy: Discover Your Personal Financial Philosophy. • • • 4 Write your own goal. • What are your objectives for Chapter 10? How can you accomplish each objective? 1 Learn the basics of signed numbers. • Understand the symbols presented in Section 10.1, and know how to compare them. • Realize that absolute values will help you fi nd opposites. 2 Discover how to add and subtract signed numbers. • Recognize the similarities between addition and subtraction on the number line. • Know how to decide whether the sum or difference will be negative or positive. • Watch the exercise videos for extra help if you get stuck on a certain problem. 3 Learn how to multiply and divide signed numbers. • Know the procedures for multiplying or dividing numbers with the same or different signs. • Know why a negative fraction can be written in three different ways. 4 Apply the order of operations. • Know what parentheses mean with regard to signed numbers and exponents. • Be able to recite the order of operations without hesitation. (Use Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally for help.) 5 Write your own goal. • www.mhhe.com/messersmith CHAPTER 10 Signed Numbers 715


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