Order of Operations

The Acronym

100

What does the first letter in BODMAS stand for?

Brackets

200

True or false: You can swap the B and S in BODMAS and still get the right answer.

False!

300

What does the second letter in BODMAS stand for?

Order

400

True or false: You can swap the D and M in BODMAS and still get the correct answer.

True!

500

Not everyone uses BODMAS! Name one other way people sometimes write the order of operations.

PEMDAS (America and France), BIDMAS (United Kingdom), or BEDMAS (Canada and New Zealand)

Choosing Steps

100

What do you complete first?

46 + 90 + 61 - 28 + (5 x 9)

(5 x 9) = 45

200

What is the second step?

46 + 90 + 61 - 28 + (57 x 9)

46 + 90 = 136

300

What is the third step?

46 + 90 + 61 - 28 + (57 x 9)

136 + 61 = 197

400

What is the last step?

1 + (10 x 5 x 2 x 4 - 80) ÷ 80

Add 1 to the solution of the rest.

500

What is the second step?

3 x 3 + 6 x 12 + 53 - 26

6 x 12 = 72

Solving (Part 1)

100

Solve:

5 + 53 - 7 

51

200

Solve: 

5 x 3 + (6 ÷ 6) + 6

22

300

Solve:

58 + 10 ÷ 5 x 2

62

400

Solve:

(87 - 15 - 20 - 20) x 6 ÷ 2

96

500

Solve:

42 + 54 ÷ 3 - 4 + 5 x 2

66

Solving (Part 2)

100

Solve:

74 - 26 + 36 ÷ 9 x 2 (2 ÷ 1)

64

200

Solve:

64 - 6 x 5 + (6 ÷ 2)

37

300

Solve:

(5 x 6) - 30 - 49 + 18 

-31

400

Solve:

53 - (- 28) + (50 ÷ 25)

83

500

Solve: 

97 - 18 + (35 - 31) + 4²

99

Do you know your teacher?

100

How many years have I been teaching?

This is my first!

200

How do you spell my last name?

Micallef

300

Which year group am I NOT teaching this year?

Year 12

400

Name at least one of the hobbies that I told you about at the start of the term.

Playing soccer, looking after my plants, and watching Netflix.

500

How many pets do I have and what animals are they?

I have one dog 🐶 (Ask me nicely and I'll show you a photo!)