Poor Nathaniel. . .

[dadof4]

He was doing his subtraction page in his work book (100 problems per page) and was getting close to being done when I went in to check on him. When I looked at his work, he had been adding instead of subtracting. We made him erase it al and start over. While he did complain a little, we told him he needs to pay attention to the directions. He did the work correctly pretty quickly.

[Trish]

Quite common actually. When I taught I saw that happen, and of course my girls have all done it more than once. I always tell them to make sure and read the signs.

[Danny Carlton]

He was doing his subtraction page in his work book (100 problems per page) and was getting close to being done when I went in to check on him. When I looked at his work' date=' he had been adding instead of subtracting. We made him erase it al and start over. While he did complain a little, we told him he needs to pay attention to the directions. He did the work correctly pretty quickly.[/quote']
Send him to http://looklistenlearn.org/math.php.

[John81]

Our 14 year old still makes this type of mistake from time to time. He gets in a rush and just thinks he knows what to do without bothering to read the directions or pay attention to the math signs.

[88keys]

:frog LOL - Thanks for the great reminder of why I am no longer a kid!
(j/k!)

[okjac80]

Can't tell you how many times that has happened here! It is worse now b/c Erin is learning how to multiply, so that is just one more sign for her to watch! LOL