1. I like to keep order around here!
It’s Big Papa’s Family!
I like to keep order around here!
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2. ORDER OF OPERATIONS. Big Papa has a big family,
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Big Papa has a big family,
So he has a lot of rules to keep his family in order!
He calls it the
ORDER OF OPERATIONS.

3. PARENTHESES ALWAYS GO FIRST.
Big Papa always goes FIRST…he is in charge!
He has a big belly that looks like PARENTHESES.
PARENTHESES ALWAYS GO FIRST.
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4. Big Papa loves X-Men comic books
Big Papa loves X-Men comic books. He has collected the books and owns all the movies. X-Men comics are the most important thing to him, so he thinks that X-men come next after him.
His favorite is the new X-Men superhero called the *EXPONENT*
EXPONENTS ALWAYS COME AFTER PARENTHESES.

5. Big Papa believes that ladies should go first.
After X-Men comes Big Papa’s twin girls MARLA MULTIPLICATION and DORIS DIVISION
The important thing about the twins is that they can go in either order.
Big Papa chooses whichever girl is on the LEFT to go first.
Doris
Marla M D D M
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION GO AFTER EXPONENTS AND ARE COMPLETED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

6. After the twin girls comes the twin boys!
The boys are ADAM ADDITION and SONNY SUBTRACTION.
They are similar to Marla and Doris because they can go in either order.
Big Papa chooses whichever boy is on the LEFT to go first.
Adam
Sonny A S S A
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION GO AFTER MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION AND ARE COMPLETED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.  

7. Marla Multiplication
Marla doesn’t like being a twin. She thinks she should always go first, but sometimes Doris beats her to the left side.
Marla likes to irritate Doris by repeating everything she says over and over.
MA MA MA MARLA!

8. Doris
Division
Doris likes being a twin, but Marla gets on her nerves sometimes. Marla always whines about going first, but Doris reminds her to follow Papa’s rules.
Doris enjoys separating all her toys into groups everyday after school.
DA DA DA DORIS!

9. Adam Addition
Adam loves being a twin. He loves to put both his toys and Sonny’s toys together. Adam likes big piles of things.
Adam enjoys building towers and making things bigger!
ADDA MAN ADAM!

10. Sonny Subtraction
Sonny does NOT like being Adam’s twin. Sonny always has to take his toys away from Adam.
Sonny always tries to get Adam in trouble so Papa will take away Adam’s things.
SO SO SO SONNY!

11. ( ) Remember the Order of Operations: Remember Big Papa’s Family: PAPA
Follow my order…I’m not afraid to come over there and straighten you out!
Remember the Order of Operations:
PARENTHESES
EXPONENTS
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION LEFT TO RIGHT
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION LEFT TO RIGHT 
Remember Big Papa’s Family:
PAPA
X MEN (EXPONENT)
MARLA AND DORIS
ADAM AND SONNY
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