Order of Operation

What is Order of Operation?

• Math rules to perform operations in the correct order so that everyone gets the same answer.

• It is a group of mathematical operations to get the correct answer.

• It is a computer process that allows obtaining the same answer with different solutions.

• It is a song for students to learn to do math and computer calcs correctly.

If people get 13 in the expression 5+4x2, then

• They did the correct calculation, multiply 2x4=8 and then add 5 which is 13.

• They did the wrong calculation, they should have first added 4+5=9 and then multiplied by 2 which gives 18.

• They got the incorrect answer because they operated from right to left which is 18.

• It's 13. The answer is correct but they must always do it from left to right regardless of the operation.

What is the acronym used to remember the order of operations?

• CALC

• PEMDAS

• OOO

• MATH

According to the order of operations rule, what is the first thing to do?

• addition and subtraction

• multiplication and division

• exponents

• Parentheses and brackets

Which of the following procedures ranks lowest in the OOO rules?

• addition and subtraction

• multiplication and division

• exponents

• Parentheses and brackets

In the following expression: 2+ 3² x 2 - 3 , what operation should be done first?

• addition

• multiplication

• exponents

• subtraction

What is the name of the small number that appears in the upper right of the number 5?

5²

• Little number

• Bracket

• exponent

• fraction

What is the name of the following symbol ^

and what does it do in a spreadsheet formula?

• circumflex

  it does multiplications

• asterisc

  it does exponents

• circumflex

  it does exponents

• star

  it does multiplications

Which operation has the same priority level as addition?

• *

• -

• /

• ( )

This question may have more than one correct answer.

Which of the following symbols is recognized by the computer in a formula?

• /

• ( )

• x

• ÷

• *