Unit 4 Section 3 : Order of operations

This section covers the order in which operations are carried out.
The two main methods taught for working out the order of operations are BODMAS and BIDMAS.

If more than one operation in a calculation has the same precedence, the operations are carried out from left-to-right.

Example Question

Calculate:
(a) (3 + 2) × 6 - 8
(b) 4 × 6 + 18 ÷ 2
(c) (17 - 2) ÷ 5 + 6

Practice Questions
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(a) What is 3 + 6 × 2?

(b) What is 6 × 5 - 7 × 4?

(c) What is 8 × 20 ÷ 4 - 3?

 

Exercises

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Question 1
Calculate:
(a) 6 + 7 × 2
(b) 8 - 3 × 2
(c) 19 - 4 × 3
(d) 3 × 6 - 9
(e) 15 - 4 + 7 × 2
(f) 11 × 3 + 2
(g) 16 × 4 - 3
(h) 6 + 7 × 2 - 20 ÷ 4
(i) 18 × 2 - (4 + 7)
(j) 16 - 5 × 2 + 3
Question 2
Decide whether each of the statements below is true or false.
(a) 6 × 7 - 2 = 40
(b) 8 × (6 - 2) + 3 = 56
(c) 35 - 7 × 2 = 56
(d) 3 + 7 × 3 = 30
(e) 18 - (4 + 7) = 21
(f) 43 - 3 + 2 = 42
(g) 80 ÷ 2 + 6 = 10
(h) 64 - 10 + 2 = 52
Question 3
Put brackets in each statement below to make it correct:
(a) = 21
(b) = 22
(c) = 5  
(d) = 44
(e) = 35
(f) = 18
Question 4
Fill in the missing numbers in each of the questions below:
(a)     3 × + 2 = 17
(b)     × 5 - 8 = 22
(c)     (4 + ) × 2 = 20
(d)     6 - × 2 = 0
(e)     (7 - ) × 4 = 20
(f)     ÷ 3 + 4 = 8
Question 5
Decide whether each of the statements below is true or false.
(a) (3 × 6) × 2 = 3 × (6 × 2)
(b) (4 + 2) + 7 = 4 + (2 + 7)
(c) (8 - 2) - 1 = 8 - (2 - 1)
(d) (8 ÷ 4) ÷ 2 = 8 ÷ (4 ÷ 2)
Question 6
Put brackets in each statement below to make it correct:
(a) = 10
(b) = 19
(c) = 30
Question 7
Calculate:
(a) 8.2 ÷ 0.2 - 0.1
(b) 3.6 × 0.2 - 0.1
(c) 8.2 × (6 - 5.4)
(d) 2.2 - 0.7 × 0.2
Question 8
Fill in the missing numbers in each of the questions below:
(a) 0.8 + × 0.6 = 3.2
(b) × 0.5 + 6 × 0.4 = 3.9
(c) 0.9 + 4.8 ÷ = 6.9
(d) 2.7 ÷ - 1.4 = 1.6

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