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How Do Brackets Change a Calculation's Meaning?

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Arithmetic Expressions · Brackets and meaning · 3:09

You'll learn: Brackets group quantities, so the same numbers with different brackets can mean different calculations.

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How Do Brackets Change a Calculation's Meaning?

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How Do Brackets Change a Calculation's Meaning?

You'll learn: Brackets group quantities, so the same numbers with different brackets can mean different calculations.

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Brackets and meaning

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Evaluate a Bracketed Expression One Group at a Time
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Evaluate a Bracketed Expression One Group at a Time
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Identifying terms

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Rewrite Subtraction as Addition of an Opposite
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Rewrite Subtraction as Addition of an Opposite
You'll learn: Subtracting a number is the same as adding its opposite, which turns expressions into sums of terms.
Identify Whole Terms Before Evaluating an Expression
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Identify Whole Terms Before Evaluating an Expression
You'll learn: Products and quotients form single terms; identify the terms first, then add them.

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Swapping and grouping terms

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Reorder Signed Terms Without Changing Their Value
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Reorder Signed Terms Without Changing Their Value
You'll learn: Signed terms can be added in any order and grouping without changing the value.
When Does Swapping Numbers Change an Expression?
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When Does Swapping Numbers Change an Expression?
You'll learn: Swapping numbers inside a subtraction or division changes the value; swapping whole signed terms does not.

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Removing brackets and compensating changes

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Remove Brackets Without Losing the Signs
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Remove Brackets Without Losing the Signs
You'll learn: A minus sign before a bracket flips the sign of every term inside when the bracket is removed.
Subtract 9 by Subtracting 10 and Adding 1
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Subtract 9 by Subtracting 10 and Adding 1
You'll learn: Changing one term changes the total by the same amount, so subtract 10 and add 1 to subtract 9.

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Distribution and expression transformations

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Why Can Multiplication Spread Across a Sum or Difference?
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Why Can Multiplication Spread Across a Sum or Difference?
You'll learn: A number times a sum equals the sum of the separate products, shown with a grid of objects.
Use a Common Factor to Put Terms Back into Brackets
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Use a Common Factor to Put Terms Back into Brackets
You'll learn: Take out a common factor to put terms back into brackets.
Adjust a Product Without Changing Its Value
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Adjust a Product Without Changing Its Value
You'll learn: Multiply one factor and divide another by the same number to keep a product unchanged.

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Expression-building exploration

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Build Different Expressions for the Same Target Number
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Build Different Expressions for the Same Target Number
You'll learn: Build several different expressions that hit the same target using restricted numbers and operations.

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Arithmetic Expressions

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What Is an Arithmetic Expression?
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Different Expressions Can Have the Same Value
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Different Expressions Can Have the Same Value
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Comparing and Ordering Arithmetic Expressions
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Comparing and Ordering Arithmetic Expressions
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Comparing Sums Without Calculating Them Fully
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