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Math 6 Plus Unit 7 Lesson 9

This document provides a lesson on order of operations for 6th grade mathematics. It includes examples of evaluating expressions with multiple operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exponents. It emphasizes that operations with higher precedence like exponents and multiplication/division are performed before addition/subtraction. Grouping symbols like parentheses are also used to dictate order. Students are given practice problems evaluating various expressions and word problems involving multiple steps of calculation according to the proper order of operations.

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Math 6 Plus Unit 7 Lesson 9

This document provides a lesson on order of operations for 6th grade mathematics. It includes examples of evaluating expressions with multiple operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exponents. It emphasizes that operations with higher precedence like exponents and multiplication/division are performed before addition/subtraction. Grouping symbols like parentheses are also used to dictate order. Students are given practice problems evaluating various expressions and word problems involving multiple steps of calculation according to the proper order of operations.

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GRADE 6 MATHEMATICS

Lesson 12: Order of Operations


Let’s use order of operations to solve problems.

12.1 Number Talk


Solve each expression mentally

a. 2 + 8 • 3 b. 10 - 4 ÷ 2 c. 12 - 8 + 3 ÷ 1

Which operations were evaluated first?

Which operations were always evaluated last?

12.2 Expressions with Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing


The diagram models the expression

2 + 3 •2

How is the diagram like the expression?

What would the answer be?

Evaluate the following expressions

a. 24 ÷ 2 + 9 b. 44 - 5 • 2 c. 4 + 6 • 7

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12.3 Evaluate with Operations and Exponents


Solve both of these expressions.

a. 2 + 6 • 6 ÷ 3 b. 2 + 6​2​ ÷ 3

What did you do the same or different in each example?

Which operation did you do first?

Try these:

1. 3 + 8​2​ ÷ 4 • 5 -2= 2. 80 - 3​2​ • 4= 3. 3​3​ + 4 • 5 =

12.4 Expressions with Parentheses


Han, Lin, Andre and Clare are going to a softball game. Tickets for the game are $5.00 each.
Lin decides to buy a snack for $3.00.

Write an expression for this scenario.

How much does it cost?

Draw a diagram to represent this scenario

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Now consider this...Han, Lin, Andre and Clare are going to the softball game but now each of
them wants to buy a snack.

Write an expression for this scenario.

Let’s take a look at what the model would look like.

How many groups are there?

What does each group equal?

Try these
1. 3 + (7​2​ -8) 2. 2 • [14 + 3 - 9 ÷ (4+5)]

12.5 Expressions with Parentheses and Exponents (OPTIONAL)


Which do we evaluate first within the What happens when the exponent is
parentheses? outside the parentheses?
3 • (5 + 4​2​) 3 + (5 + 4 )​2

Will the answer be the same in both problems?

Pause for discussion with your partner.

Come up with a rule for evaluating expressions that include adding, subtracting,
multiplying, and dividing exponents and parentheses

Explain why order matters when solving expressions.

Try these

1. 6 + (9-2​2​) 2. 6 + (9-2)​2

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Lesson 12 Summary

When we solve expressions, we use one set of rules so that anyone solving a problem will
arrive at the correct answer.

Grouping symbols, like parentheses and brackets, tell us to evaluate what’s inside before
moving on. We do the most powerful operations first, exponents, then move on to
multiplication and division (from left to right) to the least powerful operations of addition
and subtraction (from left to right).

My Reflections

Lesson 12: Order of Operations

● I can solve expressions using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and


exponents.
● I solve expressions using a set of rules starting with the most powerful operations
first and the least powerful operations last.

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Lesson 12: Practice Problems


1. 6 • 3 + (7 - 2 + 4)​2

2. Andre is going to take 5 of his friends to the skating rink. It costs $6.00 per person to
get in. Two of Andre’s friends purchase a drink for $2.00. How much money did they
spend?

3. Solve the following problems


a. 9​2​ + ( 4-2) c. 3 [1 + (6-4)​3​]

9 2 2
b. 6​2 -​ 18 ÷ 3 + 24 d. 16
- ( 5−1 )​

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4. A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour for 2 cups of sugar.


A. How much sugar is used for 1 cup of flour?

B. How much flour is used for 1 cup of sugar?

C. How much flour is used with 8 cups of sugar?

D. How much sugar is used with 6 cups of flour?

5. The school store sells pencils for $0.40 each, hats for $12.50 each, and binders
for $3.50 each. Elena would like to buy 3 pencils, a hat, and 2 binders. She estimated
that the cost will be less than $20.

a. Do you agree with her estimate? Explain your reasoning.

b. Estimate the number of pencils she could buy with $5. Explain or show your
reasoning.

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