Order of Operations without Exponents

Order of operations is a fundamental concept that provides a common approach to evaluating numerical expressions that include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and parenthesis (brackets) across various mathematical and scientific disciplines throughout the world.

It follows a number of well known acronyms outlining the sequence in which operations should be performed:

PEMDAS - USA
BODMAS - United Kingdom and Australia
BEDMAS - Canada and New Zealand

Differentiated Sets
The worksheet sets are structured to progressively challenge and develop your students skills in this topic:

Set 1: Begin with combining 3 or more numbers with addition & subtraction and separately multiplication & division, to help reinforce and extend your students’ understanding of these primary operations.
Set 2: We introduce parentheses to show how they affect the outcome of a calculation, again keeping expressions with addition & subtraction separate from multiplication & division
Set 3: The four basic operations are now combined in each question, introducing the practice of calculating multiplication and division before addition and subtraction
Set 4: Every pair of questions has the same numbers & operations but one has a parenthesis added in, to show the effect of its inclusion
Set 5: All questions now have a mix of the 4 operations and parentheses combining all the practice and skills of the previous 4 sets
Set 6: A challenge. Students are presented with numerical equations that need a parenthesis to be added to make the equations true. Excellent practice using trial and error and learning to record all trials right and wrong.
Set 7: Translating word based problems into numerical statements and solving them.
Set 8: Practical, real life problems requiring translation into numerical statements, and solving.

How many worksheets are there in total ?
Virtually unlimited … There are 8 Sets, BUT, at the click of a button numbers are randomised, so the questions change which allows you to create new worksheets at any level for extra practice or revision throughout the year or even give groups of pupils within your class different sets of questions.
These are straightforward no-prep worksheets that require no extra work. Simply CLICK-PRINT AND GO. This makes them ideal to have printed and ready for a replacement teacher if needed.

Answers are automatically generated every time.

Note
These resources work with the official Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows or Mac computers.