Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Determine the Missing Operation: A StudyJams! Activity
An engaging, animated video shares with students a step-by-step tutorial for finding the missing operation in an equation.
- Grades: 3–5
For grades 3–5, Scholastic’s “StudyJams: Determine the Missing Operation” animated video walks students through equations to familiarize them with operator symbols, how they’re used, and how to find missing operations in equations. Students can take a multiple-choice quiz on what they’ve learned. They can also read a list of related vocabulary words.
Learning Objectives
Students participating in Determine the Missing Operation will:
- Demonstrate understanding of increasing and decreasing power of operators
- Test strategy to determine missing operations
- Subjects:Addition and Subtraction, Algebra, Logic and Problem Solving, Multiplication and Division


