Problem of the Month: September 2021

ACES’s 2021-22 school year kicks off with one of our favorite curriculum units: Training Camp!

Using ACES’s custom lesson plans, our 8th grade MVPs will practice decimal and fraction notations, determine equivalent fractions, and solve equations using the order of operations. Try your hand at one of our Training Camp math drills with the September Problem of the Month.

Solve the equation below using order of operations. (Hint: The answer is the jersey number of an ACES Athlete Ambassador!) Scroll down for the solution!

6 × (13 - 3) ÷ 2²

Solution

Order of Operations: PEMDAS

Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication and Division (left-to-right)
Addition and Subtraction (left-to-right)

Using order of operations to solve 6 × (13 - 3) ÷ 2²

Step 1: Parentheses
6 × (10) ÷ 2²

Step 2: Exponents
6 × (10) ÷ 4

Step 3: Multiplication & Division (left-to-right)
60 ÷ 4

= 15

…the jersey number of ACES Athlete Ambassador, Michael Boxall of Minnesota United!