Step 5 Objective
Know and use the order of operations and understand that algebraic operations follow the same conventions and order as arithmetic operations.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Probing questions
Two different calculators give different answers to the calculation 2 + 4 – 6. What are the two answers? Can you explain how the different answers were calculated? Which answer is correct? Can you explain why?