This lesson plan promotes the ability to apply the Order of Operations for expressions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with grouping symbols (+, –, x, ÷). The lesson plan is intended for introduction to this topic and provides students an opportunity to work in pairs and play games to understand, solve, and create Order of Operation math problems.
This lesson could be taught in as little as one period (approximately 30-45 minutes) or extended for several days depen