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GEMDAS: Flipped Order of Operations

Help your students perfect their use of the order of operations with this lesson that has them create a flippable to aid as they practice using GEMDAS to solve muli-operational problems.
Grade:
Fifth Grade
Subjects:
Math
Exponents and Roots
Exponents
Understanding and Evaluating Exponents
View aligned standards
5.OA.A.1

Learning Objectives

Students will identify the components of GEMDAS and use them in practice.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Prior to conducting this lesson, have students view Order of Operations: GEMDAS.
  • Have students create a list of questions and thoughts as they watch the video.
  • Allow volunteers to share their thoughts.
  • Write an equation on the board such as: {60 – [4 x (7 -2) + 23]} + 32
  • Ask students if they know what they should do first, second, etc.
  • Ask students if there is an easier way to remember what order to complete the operations in.
  • Tell students that today they are going to learn a trick that other students use to remember the order.
  • Explain to students that in this lesson they will create a flippable graphic organizer to learn an easy acronym that will help them learn, understand, and identify the order for evaluating numerical expressions.