Michael Royal

This puzzle requires students to solve a variety of problems involving the order of operations. I purposely included problems such as 6(3+2) and 4(2) to introduce my students to the concept that a number outside a set of parentheses should be multiplied by the value inside the parentheses. If I simply gave my students the 32 problems in this activity on a worksheet, they would GROAN! But every time I use this puzzle I'm impressed at how motivated students are to work through the problems in or

This puzzle requires students to solve a variety of algebraic expressions. It is also a good review of the order of operations. I purposely included problems such as "4a", "ac", and "8(a+c)" to introduce my students to the various ways multiplication can be shown when variables and parentheses are involved. If I simply gave my students the 32 problems in this activity on a worksheet, they would GROAN! But every time I use this puzzle I'm impressed at how motivated students are to work through

Free printable multiplication table that goes up to 25 x 25.