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2 Apply Order of Operations

Our Goal : To use the order of operations to _____________________________.

ORDER OF OPERATIONS
To evaluate an expression involving more than one operation, use the following steps.

Step 1 Evaluate expressions inside _____________.

Step 2 Evaluate ____________.

Step 3 _____________ and _______________ from left to right.

Step 4 _____________ and ____________ from left to right.

Example 1 Evaluate the expression 30 · 2 ÷ 22 − 5.

Step 1: There are no _____________________

Step 2 30 · 2 ÷ 22 − 5 = 30 × 2 ÷ ______ − 5 ___________

Step 3 = ______ ÷ _____ − 5 ___________

= ____ − 5 ___________
Step 4
= __________ ___________

Example 2 Evaluate the expression.

a. 6(9 + 3) = 6( ____ ) _______________

Grouping symbols such
= ________ __________ as parentheses ( ) and
brackets
[ ] indicate that
b. 50 − (32 + 1) = 50 − ( ____ + 1) ___________ operations inside the
grouping symbols
= 50 − ( ___ ) ___________ should be performed
first.
= ____ ___________


Example 3 Evaluate the expression when k = 2.
  


 
= ________________________________________
     

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= _________________
  

On your own:
Evaluate the expression.
1. 1. 10 + 32 2. 28 ÷ 22 + 1 3. 6(3 + 32) 4. 2[(10 − 4) ÷ 3]

Evaluate the expression when x = 3.

6x + 2
5. x3 – 5 6.
x+7

Your assignment is: