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,
So he has a lot of rules to keep his family in order!
He calls it the
ORDER OF OPERATIONS.
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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 his X-Box
Big Papa loves his X-Box. He waited in line at midnight to get all of his favorite games the moment they came out!
Big Papa loves his X-Box so much that he thinks of it before anything else!
He even plans on waiting in line for the newest game called
*EXPONENT* MANIA
EXPONENTS ALWAYS COME AFTER PARENTHESES
X-BOX

5. Big Papa believes that his daughters should go next because he has good manners.
After X-Box 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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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 BOX (EXPONENT)
MARLA AND DORIS
ADAM AND SONNY
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