- Explain in your own words the addition, subtraction, and division principle. Give reasons why we have no multiplication principle? In your opinion what principles should we have for multiplication?
- You have studied the order of operations twice in this module: as it applies to whole numbers and as it applies to fractions. Explain in your own words the steps you would use to simplify an expression using the order of operations.
- Discuss the RSTUV method and write a list of all strategies you would use to solve word problems.
- In 1771 Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler discovered the prime number 231 – 1. This is an example of Mersenne prime: a prime of the form 2n -1. The largest prime is 213466917-1. Do you think this number is odd or even? Give your reasons. Do you think prime numbers are finite or infinite? Give your reasons.
