Central Focus:Students will learn how to follow, utilize, and integrate their knowledge of Order of Operations (Symbols of Inclusion [Parenthesis, Brackets, etc.], Exponents and Roots, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction) to solve equations. Students will be able to add like terms, and apply the distributive and associative property where it is necessary, such as simplifying the following equation: 2(xx)+8(x+x). Students will also be able to utilize the Order of Operations throug