COMMON MISTAKE

WHOLE
NUMBER
1. Confuse in between place value and
digit velue

Example:
State the digit value of 4 in the number
45 090. (2007)

Answer:
Ten thousands (Wrong)
(Because ten thousands is place value)

40 000 (Correct)
ADDITION
1. Not arrange the numbers according to
their
place values correctly. (in vertical
Example:
form)
8 + 3438 + 146 580
Answer:
8 8
343 8 3 438
+146 580 +146 580
1 290 380 (Wrong) 150 026
(Correct)
SUBTRACTIO
N
1. Subtract number without regrouping

especially involve the number

zero.
(big value small value)
Example:
900 000 367 588 =
Answer: 8 9 9 9 9 10

900 000 900 000

367 588 367 588
667 588 (Wrong) 532 412 (Correct)
MULTIPLICATION
1.Write the answer in a wrong place
value
when multiply a number with a 2-digit
number.
Example:
356 x 12 =
Answer:
356 356
x 12 x 12
712 712
+ 356 +3 560
1 068 (Wrong) 4 272
Division
1. Didnt find the quotient completely.

Example:
53 600 8 =
Answer:
67 6 700
8 53 600 8 53 600
48 48
56 56
56 (Wrong) 56 (Correct)
2. Not adding a zero to make a complete
division. (incomplete division)

Example:
8.55 6 =
Answer:
1.42 1.425
6 8.55 6 8.550
6 6
25 25
24 24
15 15
12 12
3 (Wrong) 30
30 (Correct)
 Division
Divided by 2D
Example 4397 24 =
24
183
2 4 24 24 4397
1 2 4 24
2 4 8 48 - 24
3 6 12 72 199
4 8 16 96 - 192
5 10 20 120
6 12 24 144 77
7 14 28 168 - 72
8 16 32 192 5
9 18 36 216
Objective question
Division
Example: 502 584 24 =
A 2941

B
C
20941
20940
Answer without
remainder
D 29410
125646
4 502584 20941
-4 6 125646
10 -12 24
-8 56
22 -54
24 83 46
-20
25 -24 12 2
-24 6
18 -6
-16 0
24
-24
0
 MIXED
OPERATIONS
1. Not following the BODMAS rule.

Example:
48 + 96 8 =
Answer:
(48 + 96) 8
= 144 8
= 18 (Wrong)
( Do the division first )
48 + (96 8)
= 48 + 12
= 60 (Correct)
 REMEMBER !
Mixed operation

NOTES

B O D M A S
Bracket of Divide Muptiply Add Subtract
Kurungan Daripada Bahagi Darab Tambah Tolak
() + -

1 2 3 4
FRACTIONS
1. Addition in Fractions
Example:
3 2
4 + 5 =
Answer:
3 2 5
4 + 5 = 9 (Wrong)

( Do not sum up the denominators)

3 2 15 8
4
+ 5 = 20 + 20
23 3
= 20 = 1 20 (Correct)
2. Forgot to multiply the numerator with
the whole number after cancellation

Example:
2
3 x 9 =

Answer:
2 3

3 x
9 =3
(Wrong)
X
3
2
x 9 =6
3 (Correct)
DECIMALS
1. Not aligned the decimal points in a
straight line.
Example:
11.84 + 9.128 =

Answer:
Align the decimal points
11.84 in a straight line.
+ 9.128
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10.312 (Wrong) 11.84

+ 9.128
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20.968 (Correct)
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2. Not filling the empty space with
zero/zeros before subtract.

Example:
41.3 - 5.01 =

Answer:

41.3
- 5.01 41.30
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36.31 (Wrong) - 5.01

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36.29 (Correct)
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MONEY
1. Rewrite the value of Ringgit and
sen in the wrong place value.

Example:
RM150 + RM8.50 =

Answer:

RM1 50
+ RM8.50 RM150.00
------------- + RM 8.50
RM10.00
(Wrong) -----------------
------------- RM158.00
(Correct)
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TIME
1. Incorrect in converting units of time.
Example : 100 minutes = 1
hour
Example:
Convert 135 minutes to hours and minutes.

Answer:

1 2
100 135 60 135
100 120
35 15
135 minutes = 135 minutes=
1 hour 35 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes
(Wrong) (Correct)
 2. Incorrect in converting units of time.
Example : 100 minutes = 1 hour

Example:
9 hours 50 minutes + 7 hours 55 minutes

Answer:
1
9 hours 50 minutes 9 hours 50 minutes
+ 7 hours 55 minutes + 7 hours 55
17 hours 05 minutes minutes
(Wrong) 16 hours 105
minutes
+ 1 - 60
LENGTH
1. Careless in converting units.

Example:
3 m + 8 cm = _________cm.

Answer:
3000 cm + 8 cmm convert to cm multiply by
100 and not by 1000
= 3008 cm. (Wrong)

300 cm + 8 cm
= 308 cm. (Correct)
2. Dont understand the requirement in
the question.
Example:
Convert 8313m to km and m.

Answer:
8.313 km and 8313 m. (Wrong)

8 km 313m. ( Correct )
VOLUME OF
LIQUID
1. Answer the question directly without
referring to the units given (Didnt convert
units)
Example:
2.4 l + 50.4 ml
Answer:
Wrong, because not
2.4 l convert into m before sum
+ 50.4 ml up
52.8 ml (Wrong)

2.4 l = 2400 ml then,

2400 ml
+ 50.4 ml
2450.4 ml (Correct)
PERCENTAGE
1. Dont understand how to convert
percentage to a fraction.

Example:
Convert 40% to fraction.

Answer:

4
40% = (Wrong)
100

40 2
40% = = (Correct)
100 5
1. Dont understand how to convert
percentage to decimals.

Example:
Convert 8% to decimals.

Answer:

8% = 0.8 (Wrong)

8% = 0.08 (Correct)
PERIMETER
1. Cant find the missing length or
breadth.

Example:
P 10cm Q If the perimeter of a
rectangle PQRS is 32cm, find
R the length of PS in cm.
S
Answer:
Length of PS = 32cm 4 = 8 cm (Wrong)

Length of PS = (32cm 10cm 10cm) 2

= ( 12cm ) 2
= 6cm (Correct)
AREA
1. Used an incorrect formula to find the
area.
Example:
8
cm Find the area of the
15 cm shape

Answer:
15cm x 8 cm
= 120cm2 ( Wrong )

1
x 15cm x 8cm
2
= 60cm2 ( Correct )
Do not repeat your
mistake again!!!