Order of Operations
Simple Expressions
Multiply or Divide
Multiply or Divide 2
100

15 divide 3 times 4

20

100

four times eight

4 x 8 = 32

100

The area of a rectangle is 480 square feet. The length is 15 feet. What is the width?

32 feet

100

The length of a rectangle is 43 inches and the width is 87 inches. What is the area?

3,741 square inches

200

73 - (13 + 5) x 2

37

200

four times the sum of eight and fifteen

4 x (8+15) = 92

200

Weston Bedding needs to ship 9560 pillows across the country. Each shipping container can hold 40 pillows. How many shipping containers should the company plan to use?

239 shipping containers

200

A school needs 1872 notebooks for next year. If the notebooks come in packages of 12, how many packages should the school buy?

156 packages

300

18 ÷ 6 × (4 - 3) + 6

18 ÷ 6 × (4 - 3) + 6 

18 ÷ 6 × 1 + 6

3 × 1 + 6  

3 + 6 

9

300

triple the difference of twelve and eight

3 x (12 - 8) = 12

300

Seth's Toy Shop bought 87 bags of marbles. There were 123 marbles in each bag. How many marbles did Seth's Toy Shop buy?

10,701 marbles

300

Last year, 64 people each paid $201 for an insurance package. How much did the people pay in total?

$12,864

400

8 + [8 × (9 + 2)] – 6

90

400

thirty more than the product of eighteen and thirteen

30 + 18 x 13 = 264

400

An airline owns 93 airplanes. There are 135 seats on each airplane. How many seats in total are there on the airplanes?

12,555 seats

400

A ferry needs to transport 9852 people across the river. The ferry can take 23 people on each trip. How many people will the ferry take on its last trip?

8 people

500

Determine what is needed to make the equations true.

9 + 7 x 4 – 12 = 52

(9 + 7) x 4 – 12 = 52

500

the product of forty-three and twelve divided by three

(43 xx 12) divide 3

500

A university needs to transport 7215 fans from the arena parking lot to the basketball game. If each bus holds 80 people, how many fans will be in the partially full bus?

15 fans

500

An office supply company puts 825 erasers in each shipment. The company sends out 59 shipments each year. How many erasers does the company ship each year?

48,675 erasers