Order of Operations and Parentheses

Order of Operations and Parentheses

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains how to handle problems with multiple types of parentheses by following a hierarchy and using the order of operations (PEMDAS). It provides two examples to demonstrate solving such problems, emphasizing starting with the innermost parentheses and working outward.

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of using different types of parentheses in mathematical expressions?

To make the expression look more complex

To differentiate between operations

To clarify which operations to perform first

To confuse the reader

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to solve the innermost parentheses first?

It simplifies the expression

It is a rule of thumb

It is the only way to solve the expression

It is a suggestion, not a rule

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the first example, what is the first operation performed?

Four plus two

Five squared

Two plus three

Six minus five

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of the operation inside the innermost parentheses in the first example?

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the next step after solving the innermost parentheses in the first example?

Performing subtraction

Solving the exponent

Performing addition

Dividing by two

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the order of operations acronym mentioned in the video?

BEDMAS

GEMDAS

PEMDAS

BODMAS

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the first example, what is the result of the expression inside the square parentheses after solving the innermost parentheses?

Thirty

Twenty-five

Fifteen

Twenty

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