PEMDAS

Word Problems

Numbers to Words (and Solve)

Words to Numbers (and Solve)

Please Excuse my Dear Aunt Sally

100

1 + 3 - 1 + 10

100

Bonfield Elementary has 5 classes in 5th grade. Each class has 22 students. Half of the students are boys. Write an expression that could be used to find the total number of boys in 5th grade at the end of the school year.

(5 x 22) / 2

100

{ 5 + 5 - 2 }

Subtract 2 from the sum of 5 and 5

100

Find the sum of 4 and 5 and divide by 3.

(4 + 5 ) / 3

100

4 x (10 - 4 )

200

9 + (3x2) - 3

200

Gisella has 50 new pencils. She gave them equally to 5 friends. Her friend Taylor used 8 of the pencils that were given to her. Write an expression that could be used to find the total number of pencils that she has left.

( 50 / 5 ) - 8

200

{ 60 - (10 x 4) }

Sixty minus the product of 10 and 4.

200

Find the quotient of 42 and 7 then subtract by 1.

(42 / 7 ) - 1 =

200

12 - 10 / 2

300

{12-[2+4-(4x1)] }

300

Write an expression that is equal to 7.6

7.6 x 1 = 7.6

7.6 - 0 = 7.6

7.6 + 0 = 7.6

300

Write the written form of

10 - (3 x 2)

Subtract 10 from the product of 3 and 2.

300

The product of 10 and 6 minus the product of 4 and 5

(10 x 6) - ( 4 x 5 ) =

300

DAILY DOUBLE

8 + [ 6 (4 - 2 ) ]

400

{ 60 - (10-5) } x 5

275

400

Mrs. Ferranti is going to Target. She starts out with $30 and buys 3 items. She buys a toy for $10, a t-shirt for $15 and a Snickers bar for $1.50. She calculates the money using the formula $30 - ($15-$10-$1.50). What is another way to write this equation?

You tell me..

400

Daily Double!

{ 1 + (5 x 2) } - 2

Add 1 to the product of 5 and 2 then subtract 2.

400

10 times the sum of 8 and 4

10 ( 8 x 4 )

400

8 ( 4²+ 2 ) - 10

134

500

{ [ 100 - (10 x 1) ] } - 2

500

Vincent helped his Dad bake 42 cookies. He then divided them equally among 5 friends and himself. Vincent ate 4 of the cookies and saved the rest for later. What expression could you use to find the total number of cookies Vincent saved?

(42 / 6 ) - 4

500

[ 42 / (5+ 1) ] - 1

Divide the sum of 5 and 1 by 42 and subtract 1.

500

DAILY DOUBLE

What do the P E M D A S stand for?

Parenthesis

Exponents

Multiply or Divide

Add or Subtract

500

[ ( 7 - 1 ) x 3 ] + 4