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Order of Operations

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

in BIDMAS

What does the B stand for

a)

Brackets first

b)

BATS

c)

BORING

d)

Bingo

2.

Which operation would you do first in the following equation?

10 - 4 ÷ 1 x 5

a)

Subtraction

b)

Division

c)

Multiplication

d)

Addition

3.
What does 32 mean?
a)
3 x 2
b)
3 x 3
c)
2 x 2 x 2
4.

Which Operation would you do first

18 + (6 – 2) × 2

a)

2 x 2

b)

Brackets (6-2)

c)

18 + 6

d)

I don't know

5.
True or false:
Addition ALWAYS comes before subtraction.
a)
True
b)
False
6.

Are these two expressions equal?

(6 - 4) -1 and 6 - (4 - 1)

a)

Yes, they both equal 1

b)

Yes, they both equal 3

c)

No, they are not equal

7.

14 + 8×7−314\ +\ 8\times7-3  

Which operation comes first

a)

8 x 7

b)

14 + 8

c)

7 - 3

8.

The I in BIDMAS stands for Indices. Indices are :

a)

Powers

b)

exponents

c)

more than 1 index

d)

how many times a number is multiplied by itself

52 = 5 ×55^2\ =\ 5\ \times5  

e)

They are all right

9.

In the question below you would start with

4−6÷2×54-6\div2\times5  

a)

the subtraction

b)

the multiplication

c)

Division

10.

Using BIDMAS you look at the Addition and Subtraction and choose

a)

The big one first

b)

The smallest one first

c)

you work left to right

d)

you work right to left

11.

In this questions you would start with

15−5+6−4−2+315-5+6-4-2+3  

a)

-2 + 3

b)

15 - 5

c)

-5 + 6

d)

6 - 4

12.

the Indices question

242^4   means

a)

4 x 2

b)

2 x 2 x 2 x 2

c)

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

d)

I dont know