5th Grade Math - Describing Parentheses

This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS 5.4E:

describe the meaning of parentheses and brackets in a numeric expression

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Instruction

While learning the order of operations, one of the key features students work with is the use of parentheses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLfMkScOmrk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1upm7u_R4

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STAAR Practice

Between 2016 and 2025, this supporting standard has been tested 3 times on the STAAR test. Videos explaining the problems can be found below. If you'd rather take a quiz over these questions, click here. The videos below are linked to the questions in the quiz as answer explanations after the quiz is submitted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_LWDhabH0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BwwPwEk8nE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziLuurRJDGA

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