Transcription Error:The error resulted frommiscopying of the problem or miscopying a portion of the problem from one step to another.Identify the transcription error.For example, you may have copied the wrong problem or copied part of one problem and part of another.Another common transcription error is to leave out a number or sign as you copy from one line to the next.

Interpretation Error.Weanswer the wrong question or do not answer all the questions.We often find ourselves anticipating what a problem is asking us to do without carefully reading the instructions.For example, you might be asked to give the new amount in a percent increase problem instead of just the amount of increase.