Order of Operations
Variables and Expressions
Adding/Subtracting
Multiplying/Dividing
Properties
100
5((-16)+4)
What is -60
100
The quotient of twelve and a number, x, minus eight.
What is 12 ÷ x - 8 or (12 ÷ x) - 8?
100
-23 + 7
What is -16?
100
-5(8)
What is -40
100
3 + 4 + 6 = 6 + 4 + 3
What is the commutative property of addition?
200
8+3(3-(-12))
What is 53
200
The product of a number,x, and four is greater than the sum of that number and two.
What is What is 4x>x + 2
200
-12 - (-12)
What is 0?
200
-56 ÷ -7
What is 8?
200
23(1) = 23
What is the identity property of multiplication?
300
3((-5)+2)÷(-3)
What is 3?
300
The number of days in w weeks.
What is 7w?
300
-7 - 4 - (-6)
What is -5?
300
6(-3)(-1)
What is 18?
300
24 + -24 = 0
What is the inverse property of addition.
400
3^3+(-5)x(-6)-5+3
What is 55?
400
eight more than the product of five and a number, n is sixty.
What is 8 + 5n = 60
400
7 - 12 + 5 + -3
What is -3?
400
-12 ÷ -6( 2)
What is 4?
400
6 + 3(4) = 6 + 4(3)
What is the commutative property of multiplication?
500
24÷ (-4 - (-7)) - 5 - 2(10)
What is -17?
500
There are 36 inches in a yard. Write an expression to find the number of yards in x inches.
What is x ÷ 36?
500
-14 - 12 - 3 - (-10)
What is -19?
500
-2(-2)(-3)÷ -4
What is 3?
500
4 + (-5 + -8) = (4 + -5) + -8
What is the associative property of addition?
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