Example of correct setting out
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This document provides guidelines for correctly setting out mathematical work. It recommends leaving line spaces between lines, ensuring equal signs are aligned, and making numbers readable. Specific tips are given for setting out volume calculation problems, such as writing the formula on line 1, the formula to solve the first part on line 2, substituting values on line 3, and providing the answer on line 4. Following these guidelines helps reduce careless errors, makes work easy to read, and allows teachers to identify mistakes and award partial credit even if the final answer is incorrect.
Example of correct setting out
- 1. Example of Correct Setting Out What is needed! This is not an option! You need to set your work out correctly, or you will make careless and silly mistakes. I know, as I have made the same mistakes! 1. Equal signs are all underneath each other. 2. In grid books, make sure you leave a line space between each line. a. This allows for you to insert things if you make a mistake b. It also allows you to clearly see careless mistakes. c. And it also makes it easy for your teacher to see the careless mistakes and help you. 3. Don’t spend forever on neatness. Make sure your numbers are readable. Give your book to your friend and ask them if they can read your number EASILY. If reading your book is a struggle, then you need to tidy it up a bit. General rules for mathematics. Line 1: Formula that you will use to solve the entire problem. Line 2: First formula you will use to solve the first part of the problem.
- 2. E.g. Volume = Area of Base x Height A of B = ½ BH = ½ x 5 x 4.2 = 10.5 cms2 Volume = A of B x H = 10.5 x 8 = 84 cms2 Line 2 is not always needed, but for volume problems it is. Line 3: Substitute values into the formula. Line 4 is your answer and so on. This kind of setting out is easy to read and follow. It will help ensure less careless errors are made in setting out. It will also mean that your teacher may give you extra marks even when your answer is wrong, as he can see that all your working out is correct, and that you understand how to solve the problem, even though you didn’t get the correct answer.