Order of Operations
The P in PEMDAS.
What is parenthesis?
7,14,21,28,____
What is 35?
11+(x+7)
What is x+18 (or 18+x)?
9(7)
What is 63?
Jennifer has 12 boxes of books. There are 8 books in each box. How many books are there in all?
What is 96?
The E in PEMDAS
What is exponents.
12,24,36,48,____
What is 60?
17+x+(5+x)
What is 22+2x (or 2x+22)?
56/8
What is 7?
One Girl Scout troop sold 86 cookies. The second Girl Scout troop sold 71 and a third troop sold 63. How many total cookies were sold?
What is 220?
The M in PEMDAS.
What is multiplication.
2,6,18,48,____
What is 144?
6(8x)
11(11)
What is 121?
126 students are going on a field trip. If each bus only holds 18 students, how many buses will be needed so that every student can be on a bus?
What is 7 buses?
The D in PEMDAS.
What is division?
1,2,3,5,8,____
What is 13?
3(4+2x)
What is 12+6x (or 6x+12)?
84/7
What is 12?
Mrs. Jones is planting flowers in rows. If she puts 24 flowers in each row, how many rows will she need to plant 168 flowers?
What is 7 rows?
The A in PEMDAS.
What is addition?
2,8,4,16,8,32,16,____
What is 64?
7(0x+2)
What is 14?
14(12)
What is 168?
Ms. Baker has 87 students in her college class. If she groups them by six, there will be ____ students in the last group.
What is 3?
The S in PEMDAS.
What is subtraction?
1,5,13,29,____
What is 61?
4.5(x)(1)
What is 4.5x?
272/17
What is 16?
Elijah harvested 576 apples. If each crate holds 48 apples, Mr. Pieper will need ____ crates.
What is 12?