5th Grade PEMDAS (Order of Operations)

Random

100

Which number is the furthest from zero? 

3.76, 5.48, -6.15, -3.33

-6.15

200

What's the LCM for 9 and 12? 

36

9, 18, 27, 36

12, 24, 36

300

What does an exponent tell you to do? Example: 3³

Tells you how many times to multiply the base. Example 3x3x3

400

What's the prime factorization of 68

2x2x17 or 2²x17

500

List these from least to greatest 2, -4, 6, -8

-8, -4, 2, 6

Fix my Mistake

100

What did I do wrong?  9 - 3 x 2=12

Should have multiplied then subtracted to get an answer of 3

200

What's the mistake?

5 ² + 1=11

5 ² = 25, not 10. Correct Answer is 26.

300

What's the error? 

3²  - 6 = 0

3 ²  = 9, not 6. Correct answer is 3

400

What's the error? 

4 + 5 + 7 - 3 x 2 = 26

You need to follow PEMDAS and do x first. Correct answer is 10.

500

Why is this wrong?

10 ³  = 30

10 ³  = 10 x 10 x10, which is 1000, not 30.

Solve

100

3 + 4 x 5

23

200

7 + (2 x 4) - 1

14

300

56 ÷ (4+4) + 3²

16

400

20 – (5+3) x 2 + 4

8

500

(5 x 4) – 6 ÷ 2 + 9

26

Solve

100

14 - 2 x 7

0

200

49 ÷ (3+4) + 5²

32

300

5 + 14 ÷ 2 × 5

40

400

(4-1)² + (5+ 1)²

45

500

1² + 2² x 3² - 4²

21

Potent Potables

100

What number is the opposite of 30?

-30

200

How many days are there 2025? 

365

300

How many years has Ms. Briggs been teaching? 

22

400

For the number 1.348, what is the place value for 8? 

Thousandths

500

How many letters would you say if you sang the alphabet once forwards and once backwards? 

52