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Vocabulary
1. The order of operations is a set of rules to follow when evaluating expressions.
Order of Operations
(1) Evaluate expressions in parentheses and brackets from the inside out.
(2)  Evaluate powers.
(3)  Multiply and divide from left to right.
(4)  Add and subtract from left to right.
In the expression (21 - 3) , 6 + 92, what operation should you perform
first? Why?

Subtraction; Sample answer: Follow the order of

operations. First evaluate the expression inside

parentheses, 21 −3.

2. Fill in the blanks to explain the order in which you would perform
the operations when evaluating the following expression. The first
one has been done for you.
62 + 3(59 - 4) , 114 × 2

(1)  Evaluate the expression inside the parentheses by subtracting.

Evaluate the expression inside the brackets by dividing.
(2) 
Evaluate the power.
(3) 
Multiply.
(4) 
Add.
(5) 

3. Evaluate the expression 62 + 3(59 - 4) , 114 × 2 by following the

steps you wrote.
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4. Use the order of operations to evaluate the expression
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(112 - 21) × 12 2 + 5. Show your work.

30; Check students’ work.

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