Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Order of Operations Quiz
Assess student learning with this quiz on the order of operations. Quiz graded when completed.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Order of Operations
A quick game in which students must evaluate an arithmetic expression involving three numbers and any of the four basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division). Students must be careful to do the operations in the...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Order of Operations and Evaluating Expressions
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...
Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Order of Operations Quiz With Parentheses
Assess student learning with a quiz on order of operations with parentheses. Quiz is graded when completed.
Other
Order of Operations Is the Grammar of Mathematics
Sentences and phrases can be formed to help you remember the order of operations.
Other
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Operations
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics:Operations provides a teacher learning module on how to effectively teach order of operations and offers resources that would help to do this.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Order Among Chaos
This lesson is designed to assist students 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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Operation to Exploration
Students will use solve mathematical expressions using the order of operations to find artifacts of American History. Students will complete order of operation problems, which will help them explore and solve the route to their final...
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Real Numbers
The tutorial investigates real numbers. Students learn about the concept through class notes, practice problems, and tables. Topics include interval notation and order of operations. Quizzes are used to check for comprehension.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Using Operations and Parentheses
The purpose of this task is to give students a chance to work creatively with three of the four fundamental arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, and multiplication). It is well suited for helping students develop fluency with...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Watch Out for Parentheses 1
This problem asks the student to evaluate six numerical expressions that contain the same integers and operations yet have different results due to the placement of parentheses. It helps students see the purpose of using parentheses....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Watch Out for Parentheses
This problem asks the student to evaluate three numerical expressions that contain the same integers yet have differing results due to placement of parentheses. Aligns with 6.EE.A.
Government of Alberta
Learn alberta.ca: Mathematics Glossary: Algorithm
Get a visual and animated definition of what an algorithm is from LearnAlberta.ca's Mathematics Glossary.
Math Playground
Math Playground: Make a Number
Make the target number using four cards and four operations in this interactive game.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Multiplication Is Associative
This video lesson defines and provides examples of the associative property of multiplication. Students can check their understanding with an assessment.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Itsy Bitsy Math Songs
This is a great writing lesson for math teachers. The picture book Take Me Out of the Bathtub by Alan Katz demonstrates his love of familiar songs and nursery rhymes by writing new lyrics that can be sung to them. For this assignment,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Expressions for Real Life Situations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the order of operations and variable expressions to solve real-world problems
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 5
Browse resources related to fifth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 4
Browse resources related to fourth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Vertex Form of a Quadratic Equation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to complete the square in order to write quadratic equations in vertex form.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Picturing Factors in Different Orders
The purpose of this task is to help students picture the multiplicative structure of the number 30 in different ways. Some of this structure is easier to communicate using grouping symbols, as it is easier to interpret...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Origami Stars
The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation in which they need to divide a whole number by a unit fraction in order to find a solution. Calculating the number of origami stars that Avery and Megan can make...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Medal Muddle
Can you work out which order these thirteen nations finished in after competing? This activity presents an exercise in strategic thinking, accessible to lower secondary students (but hinting at the more advanced mathematics of sorting...
Wyzant
Wyzant: Evaluating Expressions Calculator
Need assistance in evaluating a polynomial expression if you're given the values of all the variables? This "Calculator," from WyzAnt asks you to input the expression and the known values to be substituted in, and then displays the final...