Order of Operations

Order of Operations

By Lori Downing

Order of Operations

P - Parentheses and Brackets

E - Exponents

M/D - Multiply and Divide (from left to right)

A/S - Add and Subtract (from left to right)​

Multiple Choice

Let's solve an equation.

What would be my first step? 3 + 4 x 6 - 4 =

• addition
• multiplication
• subtraction
• exponents

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What would be my second step? 3 + 24 - 4 =

• addition
• multiplication
• subtraction
• exponents

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What would be my answer? 27 - 4 =

• 23

• 31

Multiple Choice

Let's solve an equation.

What would be my first step? 8 + (7 + 41) ÷ 2 – 15 = =

• addition outside the parentheses

• multiplication

• subtraction
• addition in the parentheses

Multiple Choice

What would be my second step? 8 + (48) ÷ 2 – 15 =

• addition
• division

• subtraction
• exponents

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What would be my third step? 8 + 24 – 15 =

• addition
• division

• subtraction
• exponents

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What would be my answer ? 32 – 15

• 47

• 17

Multiple Choice

Let's solve an equation.

What would be my first step? 18 + (6 – 2) × 2 =

• addition
• division

• subtraction
• exponents

Multiple Choice

What would be my second step? 18 + (4) × 2 =

• addition
• division

• subtraction
• multiplication

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What would be my answer? 18 + 8 =

• 26

• 10

Multiple Choice

Your turn. You have 3 minutes to solve each one.

15 + 7 × 2 – 33 / 11 =

• 1

• -0.36

• 26

• 13.27

Multiple Choice

18 − 4 × 2 = 

• 28
• 16
• 10
• 12

Multiple Choice

7 x (7 - 4) ÷ 3 =

• 8

• 6

• 7

• 5

Multiple Choice

10 + 45 ÷ 9 - (14 ÷ 2)  = 

• 9
• 8
• 53
• 18

Multiple Choice

(9 + 23) ÷ (5 - 3) = 

• 16
• 32
• 15
• 12

Multiple Choice

40 + (72 ÷ 9) ÷ 8

• 49
• 25
• 41
• 15

Multiple Choice

23 + (30 ÷ 10) x 4

• 35
• 32
• 12
• 45

Multiple Choice

4 x 5 ÷ 2 - 1

• 8
• 9
• 15
• 6

Multiple Choice

8 ÷ 8 + 6 × 2

• 8
• 13
• 14
• 23

Multiple Choice

16 ÷ 2 x 4 - 3

• 5
• -1
• 25
• 29

Multiple Choice

18 + (6 – 2) × 2

• 26
• 29
• 44
• 40

Multiple Choice

14 + 8 x 7 - 3 = 

• 46
• 122
• 88
• 67

Multiple Choice

40 - 2⁴ + 8

• 40
• 32
• 24
• 42

Multiple Choice

11² - 8 ⋅ 7 + 2

• 100
• 793
• 67
• 49