1. Literacy Research Memory Skill Practice Stretch!
Learn the order of operations
(the order in which you carry out calculations)
Brackets
Indices
Division / Multiplication
Addition / Subtraction
Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction, Operations
Other than BIDMAS, what other acronyms are used for the order of operations?
Skill Practice
5 + 3 × 3 =
× 2 =
(6 + 2) × 9 =
(12 - 2) ÷ 5 =
× 4 =
× 52 =
x =
3 x x 6 =
5(2 + 7) + 1 =
(2 + 5)2 =
Stretch!
Use brackets to make these statements true.
3 + 7 x 4 = 40
5 x 10 – 2 = 40
6 ÷ 5 – 3 = 3
6 ÷ x 2 = 20
5 x 10 – 2 2 = 2304