Question

Order of Operations

If you do not use the proper order of operations, you will not get

the correct answer.

Write which operation should be done first.


1.6 + 3 × 2

2.13 – 1 + 4 ÷ 2

3.5 × (7 – 2) + 1

4.(19 + 23) – (4 × 5)


For questions 5 through 8, evaluate the expression for x = 6 and y = 17.


5.4x + 5y

6.12x + (20 – y)

7.x ÷ 3 + y

8.4y ÷ 2 + (8x + 10)

9.Patty made $34 baby sitting on each of 3 weekends. If she spent $50 on gifts

for her family, how much money does she have left?




10.Carlos solved 20 – (2 × 6) + 8 ÷ 4 = 29. Is this the correct answer?

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to apply the rules of "PEMDAS".

Thus:

- we first deal with the numbers in the "Parentheses" or brackets

- then we perform the "Multiplication" operation

- and then we perform the "Subtraction" operation

This is done as follows:

`6*14-(9+8)*2`

- by dealing with the numbers in the parentheses, we get:

`6*14-(17)*2`

- now, by dealing with the multiplication, we have:

`84-34`

- finally, we deal with the subtraction, as follows:

`50`