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Campfire Math: Working From the Inside Out

Grade 5 camping-themed practice evaluating expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces, testing equations, and fixing a grouping mistake.

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, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students evaluate expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces from the innermost group outward.
  • Students decide whether equations with grouping symbols are true and which grouping gives the greatest value.
  • Students find and explain a mistake made when a grouping symbol is dropped.

How to use

Use after teaching parentheses, brackets, and braces. Have students circle the innermost group in each expression before they start, and discuss the mistake in the last problem together.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.OA.A.1

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

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Campfire Math: Working From the Inside Out

Evaluate expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces.

Inside out at the campfire

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

1.
To find the value of 3 × { 20 − [ 4 + (6 ÷ 2) ] }, which step should you do first?
  • A. 3 × 20
  • B. 20 − 4
  • C. 6 ÷ 2
  • D. 4 + 6
2.

3 × { 20 − [ 4 + (6 ÷ 2) ] } =  

3.

(18 − 6) ÷ 3 + 5 =  

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