Order of Operations A

Select the TRUE statement about the order of operations.  

• Always add before subtracting.
• Always add and subtract left to right. 
• Always divide before exponents.
• It doesn't matter what step you do first. 

4(8) ÷ (8 − 6)

• -2
• 18
• -1
• 16

What is the first step in evaluating this expression? 
3 + 4 ∗ 6 - 4

• addition
• multiplication
• subtraction
• exponents

(7 + 41) ÷ 2 – 15

• 19
  √
• 9
• 25
• 3

4(8 + 2 ⋅ 5 − 6)

• -40
• 176
• 128
• 48

-2(3 + 8 ÷ 4)²

• -16
• 13
• 4
• -50

7[12 − (6 − 2) ÷ 4]

• 7
• 77
• 14
• 0

• -4
• 12
• -6
• 3

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

• 18
• 6
• -12
• 4

• 5
• -19
• 1
• 44