Remembering Your Order of Operations Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This order of operations reading comprehension worksheet gives 4th grade students a clear nonfiction passage, bubble questions, and a written response, with an answer key so checking work is quick and easy.
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How to Teach the Order of Operations
This Remembering Your Order of Operations Reading Comprehension Worksheet helps 4th grade students learn a key math rule by reading about it. The order of operations tells everyone which step to do first in a math problem, so that everyone gets the same answer. This order of operations reading comprehension worksheet builds reading skills and math sense at the same time, with a two-page nonfiction passage written at a true 4th grade level.
About This Worksheet
Students read about why 2 + 3 × 4 can be solved two ways, why only one answer is correct, and how parentheses, multiplication and division, and addition and subtraction each take their turn. The passage explains the memory sentence Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, points out its one weak spot, and compares the steps to baking a cake. After reading, students answer four multiple-choice questions and write a short constructed response using details from the text. Use it as a math warm-up, a reading center, or a review before a quiz.
What’s Included
- A two-page 4th grade nonfiction passage on the order of operations, with a full-color illustration
- One page of comprehension questions: four fill-in-the-bubble items and one written response
- A complete answer key with a sample written response
Why This Worksheet Helps Kids
First, it turns a rule kids often memorize without understanding into a clear explanation they can read and reread. Second, every worked example in the passage shows each step, so students see exactly where common mistakes come from. Third, the questions ask students to find evidence in the text, which builds the close reading skills they need on tests.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Before reading, write 2 + 3 × 4 on the board and let students vote on the answer. After reading, have them explain which answer was right and why. You can also ask students to write their own problem with parentheses and trade it with a partner. This 4th grade order of operations reading passage pairs well with any multiplication or multi-step word problem lesson.
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