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Learning Goal

Part of: Write and interpret numerical expressions — 1 of 2 cluster items

Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions

5.OA.A.1

**5.OA.A.1**: Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.

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5.OA.A.1: Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.

What you'll learn

  1. Explain that grouping symbols — parentheses, brackets, and braces — indicate which part of an expression to evaluate first
  2. Evaluate a numerical expression containing one set of grouping symbols by computing the grouped part before the rest
  3. Recognize that the same numbers arranged with different grouping yield different values
  4. Evaluate expressions with nested grouping symbols by working from the innermost group outward
  5. Write a numerical expression using appropriate grouping symbols to match a described calculation or a given target value

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