Step 5 Objective
Know and use the order of operations including brackets.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
The most common mistake is for pupils to read from left to right and to 'ignore' the order of operations.
Give pupils practice in 'reading' a calculation. Get pupils to talk through what a calculation is asking them to do.
Use a basic and scientific calculator and explore the different answers given to questions such as 2 + 4 × 3.