Order of Operations

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Objective

I can evaluate numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets, or braces and write simple expressions that record calculations

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Part 2 of 4

Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    The order of operations is a set of rules that mathematicians and scientists use to ensure everyone arrives at the same answer.

  2. 2

    The order of operations is: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction.

  3. 3

    When two operations are on the same level, like multiplication and division, you solve from left to right.

Part 3 of 4

Practice

3 questions

1

Solve the following expression using the order of operations: 5 + (10 - 4) ÷ 2

2

Which operation should you perform first in the following expression: 12 ÷ 3 + 2 × (5 - 1)?

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Exit ticket

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Evaluate: 6 + (3 × 5) ÷ 3

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