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Evaluating Nested Expressions at the Book Fair

Grade 5 practice evaluating expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces, plus book fair word problems and a grouping mistake to fix.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.OA.A.1

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 13 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students evaluate expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces from the innermost group outward.
  • Students compare how moving parentheses changes the value of an expression.
  • Students find and fix a mistake made by ignoring grouping symbols.

How to use

Use after teaching parentheses, brackets, and braces. Have students underline the innermost group before they start each problem in the first section.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.OA.A.1

Use parentheses, brackets, and braces in numerical expressions and evaluate them.

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Evaluating Nested Expressions at the Book Fair

Start with the innermost group and work your way out.

Innermost group first

Find the value of each expression. Work inside the parentheses ( ) first, then the brackets [ ], then the braces { }.

1.

(3 + 2) × 6 − 4 =  

2.

2 × [ 15 − (4 + 3) ] =  

3.

[ (8 × 5) − 4 ] ÷ 6 =  

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