Order of Operations 7th Grade

GEMDAS Basics

100

What does the second letter in GEMDAS stand for?

Exponents

200

Provide one example of a grouping symbol

Answers may vary: parenthesis, absolute value, radical, fraction bar, brackets, braces, etc. 

300

What do you complete first?

  5 + 8 ÷ 4 (3 x 10) - 2

Grouping Symbols (3 x 10)

400

What do you complete 2nd?

  5 + 8 ÷ 4 (3 x 10) - 2

8 ÷ 4

Radicals

100

Simplify the square root of 9 

3

200

Simplify the cube root of 216 

6

300

Simplify the square root of 60 

2 times the square root of 15 

400

Simplify the cube root of 80 

2 times the cube root of 10 

Order of Operations

100

10 + (6² − 12)

32

200

Solve. (9 + 9² × 2) − 4 

167

300

(-2.15 + 1.4) x 4 

-3

400

(1/2 + 4/5) / 6 

13/60