Elementary, Explained · Season 3, Episode 4
The Equal Sign Is Not an Arrow
It means the same as, and it always has. Almost everything that goes wrong in early algebra starts with reading it as an instruction instead.
- Runtime
- 6:50
- Deep dive
- 9 pages
- Reading and doing
- 18 min
- Tested on
- 7 exams
The written deep dive
9 pages that go further than the video
The video gives you the distinction. This gives you the practice, the worked reasoning, and a version you can print and mark up.
- 3 minPut 8 plus 4 equals blank plus 5 on the board and count who writes 12
- 10 minSix practice questions with worked reasoning
- 5 minRewrite six of your own number sentences in the forms that break the rule
About 18 minutes end to end
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9 pages, about 18 minutes of reading and doing. Free, and yours to print.
Where this shows up
Exams that test what this lesson covers
- ILTS 702 Elementary Education (K-6)
- Praxis 7813
- Praxis 8003
- Praxis 5903
- MTEL General Curriculum
- MTTC Mathematics (Elementary)
- CSET Multiple Subjects
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- The video lessons, in order, with no guessing what is next
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