Order of Operations
3 - (2 - 1)
2
2 x -4
-8
2.7 - 1.4
1.3
Lana owned 3 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 5 more songs. How many songs did she have total?
3 + 5 = 8 songs
Haley bough 14 new shirts for school. If she returned 5 of them, how many did she end up with?
14 - 5 = 9 shirts
9 / (2 + 1)
3
-3 x -4
12
0.6 + 7.948
8.548
Billy had 11 old video games he was wanting to get rid of. If he gave his friend 9 of the games, how many does he still have?
11-9= 2 video games
A pet store had 2 cages of snakes with 6 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet store have total?
2 x 6 = 12 snakes
4 + 6 / 3
6
5 x -7
-35
0.05 x 6
0.3
Faye's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs $7 and her dad paid for 4 meals, how much did he spend?
7 x 4 = $28
Roger was yard sale shopping. He ended up buying 6 video games, but only 3 of them worked. How many bad games did he buy?
6 - 3 = 3 video games
3 (4-2)
6
-9 x 3
-27
9.1 - 7.5
1.6
Will had 42 pieces of candy. If he put them into bags with 7 pieces in each bag, how many bags would he have?
42 / 7 = 6 bags
Paul was buying books about astronomy. He bought 6 books about the planets and 9 about the space program. How many books did he buy total?
6 + 9 = 15 books
22 + 7 - 2 x 2
7
-11 x 9
-99
7.45 x 3.2
23.84
Maria was placing her pencils into rows with 9 pencils in each row. If she had 72 pencils, how many rows could she make?
72 / 9 = 8 rows
John read 5 chapters of a book. If each chapter was 3 pages, how many pages did he read?
5 x 3 = 15 pages