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Order of Operation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jacob wrote the expression shown.


20 ÷ 5 + 3(72 - 12)


What do these parentheses indicate in the expression?

a)

Divide 20 by 5 before adding 3

b)

Multiply 3 by 72 before subtracting 6

c)

Add 5 and 3 together before subtracting 12 from 72

d)

Subtract 12 from 72 before multiplying by 3

2.

Natasha bought items at a grocery store.

● She bought 3 boxes of crackers for $2.50 each.

● She used a coupon for $0.80 off the price of each box of crackers.

● She bought a jar of peanut butter for $5.25.

● She bought a package of juice boxes for $ 3.50.

● She used a coupon for $5.00 off the total price of the items Natasha bought.


This expression can be used to determaine the price of the items she bought.


[3(2.50 - 0.80) + 5.25 + 3.50] - 5.00


What is the price of the items Natasha bought?

(a)  

3.

Mr. Jones gave his 3 sons $75 to buy a cooler. The Total cost for the cooler is $66. Mr. Jones told his sons that they could each have an equal share of the change they recieve. The equation shown can be used to determine s, the amount of money each son should recieve in dollars.


s = (75 - 66) ÷ 3


What amount of money is represented by s?

a)

$14

b)

$3

c)

$28

d)

$6

4.

What is the value of the expression shown?


7[6.5 - 3(1.4)]

(a)  

5.

A family spent $97 at a carnival.

            ● They spent $15 on tickets to the carnival and $40 on food.
            ● They spent the rest of the money on games.

Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

a)

97 = g + 40 - 15

b)

97 = g + 15 + 40

c)

97 = 15 + 40 - g

d)

97 = 40 - 15 - g

6.

A temperature in degrees Fahrenheit is shown in expanded notation.


(7 x 10) + (5 X 0.2)


How is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit written as a numeral?

(a)  

7.

A chef used  13\frac{1}{3}  cup of milk for one recipe. Then she used 3 cups of milk for each of  4 more recipes. The total number of cups of milk the chef used can be found by using this expression.


                     13\frac{1}{3}  + (3 x 4)
How many cups of milk did the chef use?



(a)  

8.

Mr. Hernandez packed 35 red apples and 51 green apples into a box for a customer. He packed 9 boxes like this. Mr. Hernandez used this equation to find x, the number of apples he packed into all the boxes.


x = (35 + 51)9


How many apples did Mr. Hernandez pack into the boxes?

a)

1,353

b)

98

c)

768

d)

774

9.

Kendal earned $400 selling food at the carnival. He earned $146 selling nachoes and the rest selling hot dogs for $2 each. Kendal used this equation to find h, the number of hot dogs he sold at the carnival.


h = (400 - 146) ÷ 2


How many hot dogs did Kendal sell at the carnival?

(a)  

10.

Taylor bought air filters at the store.

· ● She bought 6 air filters.

· ● Each air filter cost $14.95.

· ● Taylor used a coupon for $4.50 off her total cost of the air filters.


The total cost in dollars that Taylor paid for these 6 air filters can be represented by the expression.


(6 x 14.95) - 4.50


How much did Taylor pay for those 6 air filters?

a)

$85.20

b)

$128.45

c)

$88.50

d)

$75.60