{"id":"study-algebra-steps-error-labels","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"constraints","track":"study","title":"Find which step of your algebra work went wrong","free":false,"task":"You solved an Algebra 1 word problem and got the wrong answer, but you want to find and fix the mistake yourself. Get exactly 5 numbered lines, one per step of your work, each labeled exactly OK or Error, with a reason under 12 words for any Error, plain text. It must not give the correct equation, any corrected step or the final answer.","materialLabel":"The problem and your work (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ALGEBRA 1 - Unit 6 - Systems of equations - HW #14, problem 7\n\nProblem: The drama club sold 120 tickets to the spring play. Student tickets cost $5 and adult tickets cost $8. They made $750 total. How many adult tickets did they sell?\n\nMY WORK:\nStep 1: Let s = student tickets, a = adult tickets.\nStep 2: s + a = 120\nStep 3: 5s + 8a = 120\nStep 4: s = 120 - a, so 5(120 - a) + 8a = 120\nStep 5: 600 - 5a + 8a = 120, so 3a = -480, a = -160\n\nI got -160 adult tickets which is obviously impossible lol. Answer in the back of the book is 50 but I don't want to just copy the method from the answer key, I want to find where I messed up.\n\nMr. Kowalski's rule: \"Label your steps. When you check, find the FIRST wrong step. Everything after it might be fine on its own.\"\n\nHW due Thursday. Quiz on systems Friday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking if it's right","why":"The AI's default is to re-solve the problem and show you the right answer.","fix":"Say: \"Don't fix anything or give the answer. Just label each step.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"Without fixed labels, the AI writes a paragraph about what went wrong instead of pointing to the step.","fix":"Say: \"Label each step exactly OK or Error.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each reason: \"reason under 10 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Not pointing to the method","why":"The AI may flag every step after the first slip as wrong, which hides where it started.","fix":"Add: \"Judge each step on its own, like Mr. Kowalski's rule.\"","checks":["r1","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["\\bOK\\b.{0,10}error","label"]},{"label":"Says not to give the answer","patterns":["(don't|do not|never|no).{0,25}(answer|solution|solve|tell me|give)","only (ask|question|hint)"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Judges each step","patterns":["each step","step by step","first wrong","on its own"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"If you want to find the mistake yourself, ask the AI to point, not fix. Give it two exact labels, one line per step, and rule out the correct answer and corrected work.","rubricLabels":["Each of the 5 lines uses exactly one label, OK or Error, in step order","Step 3 is labeled Error (the total should be the money, not the ticket count), and steps 1 and 2 are labeled OK","Never gives the correct equation, a corrected step, the value 750 written into an equation, or the answer 50"]}