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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying the Order of Operations

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Given a numerical expression including whole number exponents and prime factorization, students will use the order of operations to generate an equivalent expression.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying the Order of Operations

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Given a numerical expression including whole number exponents and prime factorization, students will use the order of operations to generate an equivalent expression.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Order of Operations Emdas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn from these notes that will challenge their application of the order of operations. Exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction are featured in these notes.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Order of Operations Challenge

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice solving more challenging problems using the order of operations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Problem Solving: Order of Operations

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site provides great practice on the concept of order of operations. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can practice their...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Order of Operations Four

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students play a generalized version of connect four, gaining the chance to place a piece on the board by answering order of operations questions (addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, exponents, and parentheses).
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Purple Math

Purplemath: The Order of Operations: Pemdas

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a detailed explanation of how the order of operations works. Explains how to use the PEMDAS acronym (Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) to remember the correct order. Includes lots of example...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Order of Operations Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity allows the user to practice order of operations with addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, exponents, and parentheses.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Order of Operations and Evaluating Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally. This sentence takes on greater meaning when students realize it will assist them in remembering the all-important order of mathematical operations. A lesson plan, several interactive practice pages, and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learning About the Orders of Operations

For Teachers 6th Standards
SWBAT to use the orders of operations to solve numerical expressions.
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Other

Dans Math: Lessons: Order of Operations

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a brief explanation of the order of operations that includes some simple examples. It also has directions for dealing with parentheses and exponents.
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Other

Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Order of Operations Worksheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this site from WyzAnt, students can practice their use of Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally with these ten questions before revealing the step-by-step work and checking their answers. Knowledge of the FOIL Method and the rules of...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Orders of Operations Stations

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders love working in stations to solve numerical expressions!
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Order Among Chaos

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan is designed to assist learners not only in using the order of operations, but also experimenting with how grouping and ordering affects answers. In groups as teams, the students will compete while finding algebraic...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Miss Integer Finds Her Properties in Order.

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A lesson on: Order of Operations, Integers, Numerical Sentences, and Absolute Value.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.
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Other

Order of Operations Is the Grammar of Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Sentences and phrases can be formed to help you remember the order of operations.
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Order of Operations With Exponents Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learners can test their ability to solve problems using order of operations with exponents with this interactive quiz.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] By the end of the lesson, students will apply the order of operations (PEMDAS) to help simplify complex expressions. Students will work together as a whole class and then demonstrate their knowledge...
Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Order of Operations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Washington State University provides a short lesson concerning which operations to execute first in solving an equation. The site provides the answers with an example.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Order of Operations Review

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the order of arithmetic operations, including exponents and square root. Assessment questions are included.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Numerical Expression Evaluation With Grouping Symbols

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use the order of operations to evaluate numerical expressions with parentheses and powers. Students examine guided notes, review guided...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Number Sense

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Order of operations goes beyond the traditional basic four operations to include positive and negative exponents and parenthesizes.
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The Math League

The Math League: Decimals, Whole Numbers and Exponents

For Students 4th - 8th
This tutorial has definitions and examples of decimals, whole numbers, and exponents. In addition, a variety of topics are covered, such as comparing, multiplying and subtracting.