Order of Operations

1. Order of Operations What does the Order of Operations have to do with traffic jams and accidents?

2. What happens when there is an accident on the road that causes a huge traffic jam?

3. YOU CLEAN UP THE MESS!!!

4. What happens to the traffic? • It stops…… • Then it goes….. • Then it stops…… • Then it goes….

5. If you think about it………. • All traffic starts in a big jumbled mess, and winds up travelling through one lane, kind of following a triangle shape! YAY

6. If you think about it again….. • Order of Operations problems also start in a big jumbled mess. • You have to stop, fix things, then go. • Then you have to stop, fix things, then go. • And repeat. • And repeat. • Until you’re out of the traffic jam (YAY).

7. But what do you clean up first?(YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS) • Parentheses () • Exponents • Multiplication or Division • Addition or Subtraction

8. Let’s clean up a mess……. 20 ÷ (3 + 7) - 7

9. And another mess……. 62 – 3 ● 18 - 4

10. Starting to look like your locker……. 16 ÷ 4 + 8 ● 3 - 4

11. Starting to look like your room……. 32 + (9 – 2) ● 2 ÷ 7

12. 14 + 5 ● 10 11 – 12 ÷ 4

13. 12 – 2 ÷ (2 + 8) ● 4

14. 36 – 12 ÷ 3 ● 6 – 40 + 62

15. Practice!!!