Webinars SET A - Grade 7-8 - Sunday@3:15-4:15pm EST-Recording Webinar 1

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The Matkangori webinar, led by instructor Mahmoud with 18 years of teaching experience, focuses on preparing students for a math test consisting of 30 questions categorized into easy, medium, and hard difficulty. Mahmoud emphasizes test-taking strategies such as skipping questions when stuck to save time for higher-value problems, understanding questions thoroughly, using organized scratch paper, and carefully checking calculations to avoid errors.<br /><br />Key concepts covered include rational and irrational numbers—rational numbers are fractions or terminating/repeating decimals, while irrational numbers cannot be exactly expressed as fractions or repeating decimals (e.g., π). The importance of algebraic thinking and operations order (PEMDAS/PAMDAS) is highlighted. Properties of operations such as associative and commutative laws and exponent rules are explained to simplify calculations.<br /><br />Mahmoud engages students with live problem-solving involving multiplication of negative and positive numbers, fraction arithmetic using the butterfly method, and pattern recognition in algebraic expressions. Interactive timed questions reinforce skills like fraction subtraction, multiplying fractions, and identifying number patterns. Mahmoud corrects misconceptions about signs and number ranges, such as clarifying that the smallest two-digit number is positive unless otherwise specified.<br /><br />An example addresses creating four-digit numbers from digits 2,0,1,3 in increasing order and finding the maximum difference between neighboring numbers. The session also includes a problem requiring minimal replacement of asterisks with addition signs to balance an equation.<br /><br />Throughout, Mahmoud encourages participation via chat, stresses understanding over memorization, and promotes strategic problem-solving to maximize test scores within time constraints. The session blends conceptual explanations, practical examples, and student interaction to build confidence in algebra and rational number manipulation.

Keywords

Matkangori webinar

Mahmoud instructor

math test preparation

test-taking strategies

rational and irrational numbers

algebraic thinking

PEMDAS order

properties of operations

fraction arithmetic

pattern recognition