Evaluating Expressions with Exponents and Order of Operations

This video tutorial covers evaluating expressions involving exponents, focusing on the order of operations, commonly known as PEMDAS. It provides examples, including a dart game and a real-world business scenario, to illustrate the importance of following the correct order to ensure consistent results. The tutorial emphasizes the necessity of the order of operations to avoid multiple answers and ensure everyone arrives at the same solution.

What is a numerical expression?

• A phrase that uses only letters.

• A phrase that uses only operation symbols.

• A phrase that uses letters and numbers.

• A phrase that uses only numbers and operation symbols.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

Which operation should be performed first according to the order of operations?

• Exponents

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Parentheses

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

In the order of operations, what comes after parentheses?

• Addition

• Exponents

• Division

• Multiplication

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

If you have both multiplication and division in an expression, which one should you perform first?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Neither

• Whichever comes first from left to right

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

Evaluate the expression: 2 times 8 plus 4 squared.

• 32

• 16

• 40

• 24

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

What is the value of 4 squared?

• 16

• 12

• 8

• 20

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

Evaluate the expression: 32 divided by 2 to the third power.

• 32

• 16

• 8

• 4

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

What is the result of 2 to the third power?

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 6

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

How many lessons did BnB test prep sell if they had 10^5 visitors and each bought 2 lessons?

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 300,000

• 400,000

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.2

Why is the order of operations necessary?

• To confuse students.

• To make calculations faster.

• To ensure everyone gets the same value for an expression.

• To avoid using parentheses.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2C