Order of Operations
Rounding
Exponents
Percentages
Place Values
100

What you look for first in an equation

What are parentheses?

100

This point is the starting point 

What is the decimal point?

100

What you do with a number represented this way: x3

What is multiply the number 3 times itself?

100

All percentages are based on this number

What is 100?

100

This point is the starting point to determine place values

What is the decimal point?

200

These superscript numbers are the second step

What are exponents?

200

Numbers remain the same for amounts between these two numbers

What is between 0 and 4?

200

What you do with exponents for like terms inside parentheses such as (4+ 43)

What is  add the exponents? (2 + 3 = 5)

200

The fraction 1/4 is the same as this percentage

What is 25 %?

200

The number one place to the left of the decimal point is in this column

What is the ones column?

300

This operation is first when it is present

What is multiplication?

300

Numbers are rounded up for amounts between these two numbers

What are 5 and 9?

300

What you do with exponents in the following type of equation: (2a2 + 4b2)3

What is multiply the exponents inside parentheses by the exponent outside?  ex 2 x 3 and 2 x 3 so 4a6 + 64b6

300

This fraction is equal to 50%

What is 50/100  or 1/2?

300

The number one place to the right of the decimal point is in this column

What is the tenth place?

400

This is  the last  operation in order of operations

What is subtraction?

400

This number (17.6589) rounded to the nearest hundredth?

What is 17.66?

400

The answer to the following equation (5a+ 4b2)2

What is 25a6 + 16b4?

400

The percentage left when you have used 1/4 of something

What is 75%?

400

The number two places to the right of the decimal point is in this column. (ex.  17.063)  The 6

What is the hundredths column?

500

Always work in this direction after looking at all other indicators

What is from left to right?

500

This number (5.039) rounded to the nearest tenth?

What is 5.0?

500

The answer to the following equation when a is 2 and b is 1 :  (4a3 - 5b3)2

What is 999?

500

Joe had 10 marbles but lost 40% of them. He has this number of marbles left.

What is 6 marbles?

500

The answer to the following problem:  Write 33 1/3 as a decimal to the nearest hundredths place

What is 33.33?