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Order of Operations (Grade 5)

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Common Core for Grade 5
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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.
The following diagram gives the PEMDAS rule for the order of operations. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.

PEMDAS

( ) are called parentheses
[ ] 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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