Texas Gateway: Applying the Order of Operations

Your learners use many different number representations like positive and negative integers, exponents, radicals, and combinations of operations as they learn and strengthen their use of the order of operations. Thoughtfully organized to...

What comes first, the exponents or the multiplication? Follow the order of operations and you will never make a mistake! Young scholars learn the order of operations and then watch as the instructor evaluates a five-step problem. The...

Introduce your classes to order of operations with a simple example. Showing how to apply the order of operations, the lesson presenter evaluates a two-step expression. Learners see how the order of operations affects the sequence of...

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally - or whichever mnemonic your students use for the order of operations - is the focus of this video. Sal takes viewers through various mathematical equations that require the use of the order of...

First, by demonstrating the improper ways of solving an equation (left-to-right, multiplication first), Sal shows viewers how the answer to an equation can be drastically incorrect if the order of operations is neglected. He uses several...

PEMDAS is not all that it is cracked up to be. The short video provides an argument that the order of operations may not be instructionally sound. The presentation shows that understanding the concepts and properties of mathematics...

Multiply, add, exponents, parentheses ... what do I do first!?! Young mathematicians watch as the video instructor works through a problem that includes all steps of the order of operations. Explanations help learners understand how...

Given a numerical expression including whole number exponents and prime factorization, students will use the order of operations to generate an equivalent expression.

It's the classic please excuse my dear aunt sally strategy to remembering the order of operations. Young mathematicians practice to develop an understanding of the order of operations. Examples and practice problems include...

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally! Sort of like an animated slide show, this lesson walks fifth graders through the order of operations. Also included are a sing-along karaoke video, key vocabulary with definitions, and a seven-question...