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Treasure Hunt Clues with Brackets and Braces

Grade 5 treasure hunt practice. Students evaluate and compare expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces, and match expressions to stories.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.OA.A.1

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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 numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces, working from the inside out.
Students compare expressions to see how grouping symbols change their value.
Students choose an expression with grouping symbols that matches a story.

How to use

Use after teaching nested grouping symbols. Remind students to start with the innermost symbols and work outward, writing each step under the expression.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.OA.A.1

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

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Treasure Hunt Clues with Brackets and Braces

Evaluate expressions with parentheses, brackets, and braces to follow the map.

Crack the clue codes

The value of each clue tells how many steps to walk. Find the value of each expression. Start with the innermost grouping symbols.

Clue 1: Walk this many steps to the old oak tree.

(7 + 5) × 3 = steps

Clue 2: Walk this many steps to the big rock.

48 ÷ (2 × 4) + 9 = steps

Clue 3: Walk this many steps to the bridge.

[20 − (3 × 4)] × 5 = steps

Clue 4: Walk this many steps along the river.

{[(9 + 6) ÷ 3] + 2} × 4 = steps

Clue 5: Walk this many steps past the cave.

100 − {4 × [25 − (3 × 5)]} = steps

Clue 6: Hop this many steps to the palm tree.

3 × {[(14 − 8) × 2] − 5} = steps

Compare the clues

Find the values so you can compare the clues.

Which clue sends the crew the most steps?

A. 12 − (4 × 2)
B. (12 + 4) ÷ 2
C. (12 − 4) × 2
D. 12 − (4 + 2)

Find the value of each side. Write >, <, or = in each blank.

Word bank: > · < · =

(8 + 2) × 5 8 + (2 × 5)
24 ÷ (4 + 2) (24 ÷ 4) + 2
3 × (6 + 4) (3 × 6) + (3 × 4)

Match each clue written in words to its expression. One expression is not used.

Add 6 and 4, then multiply by 7.
Multiply 6 by 4, then add 7.
Subtract 4 from 6, then multiply by 7.
Add 4 and 7, then multiply by 6.

A. 6 × (4 + 7)
B. 6 + (4 × 7)
C. 7 × (6 + 4)
D. (6 × 4) + 7
E. 7 × (6 − 4)

Map the treasure

Write and use expressions to finish the hunt.

10.

The crew finds 3 chests. Each chest holds 2 bags with 10 gold coins in each bag, plus 5 loose coins. Which expression shows the total number of coins?