Order of Operations - Multiplication,
Division, Addition and Subtraction
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Calculations are not always completed from left to right.
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Instead there are rules about which calculations are completed first.
× ÷ Use this triangle to help you calculate all the questions on this worksheet.
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Section A Underline which bit of the calculation you are going to do first before working out your answer.
Example
1) 9+4×6 2) 6 - 10 ÷ 5 3) 4 × 21 ÷ 3
7+3×5
7 + 15 = 22 9 + 24 = 33 6- 2 = 4 4× 7 = 28
Underline which bit of the calculation you are going to do first and then which calculation you will
Section B
do second before working out your answer.
Example
1) 30 ÷ 6 - 15 ÷ 5 2) 2 × 8 - 18 ÷ 3 3) 13 + 11 - 4 × 2
5x4+2x3 5 - 15 ÷ 5 16 - 18 ÷ 3 13 + 11 - 8
20 + 2 x 3 5 - 3 16 - 6 24 - 8
20 + 6 = 26 = 2 = 10 = 16
Section C Choose the correct answer for the following calculations.
12 - 2 × 4 = 40 4 24
16 + 32 ÷ 8 = 34 4 20
5 × 9 - 11 × 2 = 58 68 23
4 + 3 × 10 ÷ 5 = 10 14 7
72 + 30 - 25 × 4 = 308 2 172
Section D Without using a calculator, calculate the following.
1) 8-3×2 = 2 6) 7-1×6 = 1 11) 5 × 5 + 20 ÷ 10 = 27
2) 4+6÷2 = 7 7) 31 - 3 × 8 = 7 12) 49 ÷ 7 + 18 ÷ 3 = 13
3) 5+4×4 = 21 8) 6 - 10 ÷ 5 = 4 13) 8 × 6 + 77 ÷ 7 = 59
4) 5 - 12 ÷ 3 = 1 9) 8 ÷ 4 + 14 = 16 14) 10 + 7 - 2 × 6 = 5
5) 2+7×3 = 23 10) 8+7+2×6 = 27 15) 18 - 6 × 15 ÷ 5 = 0
Section E Spot and correct the mistakes.
1) 3 + 5 × 7 = 56 2) 11 + 3 × 9 - 8 = 14
This has been calculated from left to right and the The subtraction has been completed first but it
multiplication should be done first. should be the multiplication.
3 + 35 = 38 11 + 27 - 8 = 30
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