Order of Operations | Follow Me Cards

These 30 follow me cards are a great way to revise order of operations questions. It includes plenty of examples where students us BIDMAS/BODMAS/PEDMAS to solve problems. It includes questions to highlight misconception such as 7-3+5 (students often mistakingly add the 3 and 5 first). There are two possible starting points, so differentiation is built into the activity.

Play is similar to dominoes, where the cards are placed end to end with the question to the answers, but each question only has one answer. Students connect the questions and answers together forming a chain, with questions steadily getting harder.

Some ideas for how to use follow me cards:
-Have a treasure hunt, around the classroom or outside. Students start with the starter card and record the solutions in the table.
-Students each take ownership of a card, and then get themselves in line correctly with the answers. If there are more than 30 students, assign some students as ‘managers’. If there are less than 30 students, the rst students to connect their cards can be given the remaining cards.

• Cut each card in half and give the students a matching activity. They can then glue the answers into their books.