PEMDAS Hop

This is the PEMDAS Hop floor mat. This colorful mat provides a fun way to learn the orders of operations, including parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. Each box contains the operation as well as the operational symbol used during a PEMDAS equation.

Grade 4 - Grade 6

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    1. Hop the Mat

      Have students hop down the mat saying the name of each operation as they hop on the corresponding block.
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    2. Abbreviation Hop

      Have students hop down the mat saying the abbreviation (P, E, M, D, A, S) as they hop on the corresponding block.
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    3. Symbol Hop

      Hold up one of the symbols on the mat (printables found in the following pages). Have a student hop to that symbol on the mat and say what place the...
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    4. Wild Worksheets

      Students will look at a number sentence on a worksheet. The student will jump on the first block (parenthesis) and look to see if there are any in their problem....
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    5. Bean Bag Decides

      The student will throw a bean bag on the mat. Then, the student will give a number sentence that coincides with the operation on which the bean bag landed.
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    6. Problem Solving

      Give your students a math problem. You can write them on note cards or just say them out loud. Then, have the students decide what they will do first and...
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    7. Mathematical Terms

      Use the mat to practice mathematical terms. Have students jump down the mat and say, “Parentheses First, Exponents=Value, Multiplication=Product, Division=Quotient, Addition=Sum, Subtraction=Difference.”
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
    8. Identify

      Ask the students to identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient). Give the student a mathematical term and the student will jump on...
      Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6