Order Of Operations: Solving Steps
What do you complete first? What is the answer to that first step?
46 + 90 - 61 - 28 + (57 x 9)
First step: (57 x9) and answer to first step is 513
What is the first step in PEMDAS?
Complete the steps in Parentheses
Solve.
5 x (8 + 81 ) -38
What is "407"?
Solve.
74 - 26 + 36 - 2
82
Two hundred twenty two divided by two times four
444
What do you complete second? What is the answer to that second step?
46 + 90 + 61 - (57 x 9)
Second step: 46 + 90 + 61 and answer is 197
What does the E in PEMDAS represent?
Exponents
Exponents are the power of a number.
Solve.
58 x 3 + 96
270
Solve.
64 + 26 x 6 x 5
What is 844?
Five hundred divided by two hundred fifty multiplied by fifty-two
104
What do you solve first in this problem? What is the answer to that first step?
46 x 17 - (65 - 34)
First Step: (65 - 34)
Answer: 31
What do you do in order of operations if you don't have parentheses and exponents?
If you don't have exponents and parentheses you continue down the line with order of operations in PEMDAS. Next step would be any multiplication and division.
Solve.
76 x 2 + (10 ÷ 5)
154
Solve.
(5 x 6) x 10 - 100
200
Six hundred twelve plus three hundred forty minus one hundred two
850
What step is first step? What is the answer to the entire problem?
10 ÷ 2 x (10 x 5)
First Step: (10 x 5)
Answer: 250
(500-267) x 4 - 500
432
Solve.
(87 - 20 - 20) x 3
141
Solve.
53 + 88 - (11 x 6)
75
Solve.
5 x (6 + 62) - 3 +26 + 55
418
What is the third step to solve the problem? Solve the entire problem
12 + 3 x 3 + 53 - 26
Third Step: 21+53
Answer: 48
The problem is as follows: 546 x 2 ÷ 4 + 34
This problem does not contain exponents or parentheses. Which do you solve first and what is the answer to the entire problem?
First: 546 x 2
Entire answer: 307
Hint: Solve everything in brackets first with order of operations steps.
[43 + (54 ÷ 9)] x 4
196
Solve.
(100 ÷ 25) x 14 + 16
72
Hint: Solve Everything in brackets first using the steps of order of operations PEMDAS
[2 x 2 + (500 ÷ 100)] x 3 - 2
1 or 2
25