I needed something for my top set Year 8 to get their teeth into regarding "order of operations" and since I'm clearly into spiders at the moment this was born. It asks student to place operations and brackets into calculations to make them equal a certain total. There are 4 that get increasingly difficult (no indices involved) and then a challenge (with indices involved). There will also be more than one way to answer some, but I have provided an answer for each.
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This is a really creative and powerful way to show the amazing variety that the order of operations can produce.
I've used this activity a few times now. It's so great, the kids really get into it. I printed them in A3 and had students work in pairs. Thank you so much
These are awesome - thanks so much for sharing.
This was a super starter with my Year 9s!
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