Activity Overview
Students comprehend the order of operations and apply this understanding to simplify and evaluate expressions. They also learn to represent problems that involve variable quantities with expressions and use the calculator as a tool to solve problems.
Before the Activity
See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
Print pages 28 - 30 from the attached PDF file for your class
During the Activity
Distribute the pages to the class.
Follow the activity procedures:
Understand the keystrokes required to perform mathematical operations on the calculator
Enter expressions with and without parenthesis and find the results
Understand the order of arithmetic operations to be followed when simplifying an expression
Simplify and evaluate expressions using the appropriate order of operations
Use the calculator to store variables and evaluate expressions
Apply these concepts to solve problems on the Student Activity pages
After the Activity
Students complete the Student Activity pages.
Review student results
As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
Re-teach concepts as necessary