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Free order of operations game

Peel the Problem above solves long expressions one layer at a time — tap the part that comes first. Choose 5th grade for parentheses, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, or 6th grade to add exponents.

Games on this page

• 🍌 Peel the Problem

  5th–6th grade: tap what comes first, one step at a time.

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• 🐾 Number Line Hop

  6th grade: negative numbers on the number line.

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• 🗺️ Jungle Word Trek

  Multi-step story problems.

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Tips for parents and teachers

• PEMDAS is handy, but multiplication and division are equal partners — do whichever comes first, left to right. Same for addition and subtraction.
• Rewrite the whole problem after every step; it prevents skipped numbers.
• Underline the step you’re about to do before you do it.

Matching school standards

These games line up with these Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• 5.OA.A.1 Use parentheses, brackets or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate them.
• 6.EE.A.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
• 6.EE.A.2c Evaluate expressions in the conventional order when there are no parentheses.

Questions parents ask