Order of Operations

PEMDAS

100

What does the P in PEMDAS stand for?

Parenthesis 

200

What happens if you have no parenthesis 

Move to the next operation (skip it)

300

If you have both multiplication and division, which comes first?

Whichever is further left

400

4x-2

The x in this expression is called a what?

 Variable

500

3+(4-8²) - 7

What operation comes first. Be specific!

Exponents

Exponents

100

Write 2x2 as an exponent.

2²

200

What is 7x7x7x7 in exponential form?

7⁴

300

What is the expanded form of 4³

4x4x4

400

4 to the power of 2 is also called what (4²) ?

Four squared

500

Two to the power of three is also called what (2³)?

Two cubed

Solve

100

(43-20)-2x5

13

200

(12+4)÷(11-7)

4

300

5x6+(-12)÷2x3

12

400

2c - 11d - 11 - c

c -11d - 11

500

1/2 (250)- 10² + (12-9)³

52

Properties

100

When you add zero to a number or multiply a number by zero it stays the same. What property is this?

Identity

200

Which property changes the grouping/parenthesis?

Associative 

300

What is the operation where you add or multiply by a number’s opposite to “undo it?”

Inverse 

400

Which property multiplies a single term across a sum or difference inside parentheses?

Distributive

500

What is the operation where order doesn’t matter?

Commutative 

Distributive property

100

5(10+4)

70

200

4(3x+7)

12x+28

300

6x+18 

Write an equivalent expression 

6(x+3)

400

-3(2x-5)

-6x+15 or 15-6x

500

2x(4 - 1)

8x-2x=6x