Tip—start with the inner most nested grouping symbol. The resource provides an explanation of the conventional method in nesting grouping symbols and using parentheses, brackets, and braces. The video provides two examples, one involving a fraction bar along with absolute value as symbols of inclusion.

Concepts

grouping symbols, parentheses, algebraic concepts, numerical expressions, algebraic expressions, absolute value

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Lead a discussion on common conventions in mathematics

Classroom Considerations

• The class should be able to operate with integers
• The organization of the grouping symbols is a convention, check to see if it matches with what the class will see on a regular basis

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The examples show several layers of grouping symbols
• Video uses colors to highlight the different types of symbols

Cons

• None