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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Multiplication and Addition

For Teachers 6th Standards
How many people can sit around a table? The 22nd part in a series of 36 continues the work on writing and evaluating expressions to include expressions with two operations. Pupils use models to determine an expression for the number of...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Evaluating and Simplifying Expressions

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Discover how algebra tiles help evaluate expressions. Scholars learn to use algebra tiles to substitute values in for variables and evaluate expressions. The included worksheet contains a set of evaluation problems to assess individuals'...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Multiplication and Division

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't table the resource on writing expressions for relationships in tables. Scholars investigate relationships between variables and write algebraic expressions involving multiplication and division. These expressions help solve...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Evaluate Expressions with One or More Variables: Water Bottle Expression

For Students 6th Standards
Fill your mind as you fill virtual water bottles. Pupils use an interactive to find the amount of water that can fit in given containers. Writing and evaluating an algebraic expression helps with this task.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 6th Standards
Let Y represent Yes to using an excellent resource. Pupils first learn to define variables using a complete description in the 19th part in a series of 36. They write expressions involving addition and subtraction in real-world contexts...
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Interactive
PHET

Expression Exchange

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Bank on your ability to write equivalent expressions. Scholars use an interactive to create expressions using coins. They then convert these to algebraic expressions and figure out how to evaluate them. A game with various difficulty...
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

Order of Operations Task Cards (2)

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Young mathematicians use their PEMDAS knowledge to solve 20 different task cards. They evaluate expressions to find the answer of multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, and exponential problems. Then, they record their answers...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Exponents

For Teachers 6th Standards
Bring your young mathematicians into the fold. Scholars conduct an activity folding paper to see the relationship between the number of folds and the number of resulting layers in the 23rd installment of a 36-part module. The results of...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Single Variable Expressions: Neighborhood Block

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
The number of bicycle wheel turns is as good as any way to describe the distance from school to home. An interactive lets young mathematicians determine the number of city blocks a person bicycles. They use this information along with an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evaluating Using The Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars are introduced to the usage of the Order of Operations. They explore the use of variables and how they are represented by any letter of the alphabet. They then engage in discussion for verbal assessment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Order of Operations with Variable Expressions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore grouping symbols to mathematical equations to discover the importance of the "order of operations." Learners compare the absence of commas in connected text to the absence of grouping symbols in mathematical...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving Evaluating Expressions

For Students 5th - 7th
In this evaluating expressions practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems
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Worksheet
Lorain County Community College

Solving Equations Using the Addition Property

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Challenge your mathematicians to simplify and solve a variety of different equations. This worksheet focuses on multi-step problems that begin with combining like terms and advance toward solving equations with variables on both sides. A...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Simple Use of Parentheses #3

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Do your mathematicians know how to use parentheses in equations? Give them a activity to hone their skills in order of operations. They work out 20 simple problems involving parentheses, then choose which problem out of six adds up to a...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Substituting to Evaluate Addition and Subtraction Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Substitute this resource for what you used to use. Learners identify patterns in data tables and write addition and subtraction expressions to represent relationships. Substitution allows them to solve problems in context in the 20th...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Expressions for Real-Life Situations: Shopping for Sisters

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Shopping for a resource on writing algebraic expressions? Look no further. Pupils use an interactive to drag shirts and pants out of a shopping bag. They create and evaluate an expression to represent the cost of the clothes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evaluating Expressions Using Tiles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are shown a variety of algebraic equations. In groups, they use tiles to represent each expression in the equations. To end the lesson, they solve story problems with one and two unknown variables. Individuals share their...
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Watch out for Parentheses

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
It is important for the algebra learner to understand the use of parentheses. Mathematicians of all levels can make errors with nested parentheses. This will give them some practice. It makes for a good class starter or quick assessment.
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Workbook
National Security Agency

Equations and Expressions

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Learners demonstrate their knowledge pictorially, concretely, and abstractly in this unit meant to last three hours over three days. Using hands-on activities, manipulatives,  real-world applications, and problem solving, learners write...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Expression Evaluation with Basic Operations: Math Detective

For Students 6th Standards
Placement of parentheses is paramount. Scholars adjust the location of parentheses in a numerical expression so its value matches a given value. A slider interactive helps with this task.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Patterns and Expressions: Cookie Jars

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
It's okay to get caught with your hand in a virtual cookie jar. Pupils use an interactive to drag cookies from two cookie jars onto a plate. They investigate how an expression representing the number of remaining cookies changes as users...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th Standards
Future mathematicians learn how to evaluate numerical expressions by applying the order of operations. They evaluate similar-looking expressions to see how the location of parentheses and exponents affects the value. 
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App
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Justin Holladay

5 Dice: Order of Operations Game

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Sometimes the simplest ideas can be the most challenging to solve! In this app, you are given five numbers and a set of operators, and you need to create an expression that when evaluated using the order of operations simplifies as the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adding & Subtracting (Combining) Integers

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Maintain a positive atmosphere in your math class with this fun instructional activity on adding and subtracting integers. After first explaining the rules for combining positive and negative numbers, this resource uses a comic strip...