Order of Operations (Grade 5)
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Common Core for Grade 5
More Lessons for Grade 5
Example, solutions, videos, and lessons to help Grade 5 students learn to use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.
Common Core: 5.OA.1
[ ] are called brackets
{ } are called braces
Activity 1:
Evaluate the following expression
(90 – 48) ÷ 6 + 2
Use what you know about order of operations to explain why your answer is correct.
Activity 2:
What number can you substitute for s to make the equation true?
s x (9 + 11) = 6 x 11 + 6 x 9
Explain how you found your answer.
Order of Operations, Common Core 5.OA.1
NOTE: Challenge problem #5 should have a brace after the close-bracket. Using the order of operations for an expression with two parentheses
Evaluating an expression with and without parentheses
Simplifying an expression with brackets and parentheses
Review of order of operations with parentheses and brackets
Simplifying an expression with parentheses and brackets
Solving math equations with parentheses
Order of Operations With Embedded Parentheses
Common Core for Grade 5
More Lessons for Grade 5
Example, solutions, videos, and lessons to help Grade 5 students learn to use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.
Common Core: 5.OA.1
Suggested Learning Targets
- I can use parentheses and brackets to group an expression within a multi-step expression.
- I can evaluate expressions with parentheses and brackets.
[ ] are called brackets
{ } are called braces
Activity 1:
Evaluate the following expression
(90 – 48) ÷ 6 + 2
Use what you know about order of operations to explain why your answer is correct.
Activity 2:
What number can you substitute for s to make the equation true?
s x (9 + 11) = 6 x 11 + 6 x 9
Explain how you found your answer.
Order of Operations, Common Core 5.OA.1
NOTE: Challenge problem #5 should have a brace after the close-bracket. Using the order of operations for an expression with two parentheses
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