Skills · Expressions · Simplifying Expressions
Order of operations
Printable practice with an answer key the engine computes, at three levels, in as many versions as you need.
Problem types
- multiply before adding: 4 + 2 × 5
- multiply before subtracting: 20 − 2 × 5
- + and − tie: left to right: 9 − 4 + 3
- × and ÷ tie: left to right: 12 ÷ 2 × 3
- parentheses first: 3 × (2 + 5)
- the fraction bar groups top and bottom: (6 + 4 × 3) over (2 + 1)
Sample Sheet · Level 1
- 12 + 5 × 5 =
- 4 ÷ 2 × 5 =
- (4 + 4) × 6 =
- 23 − 3 × 5 =
- 4 + 5 × 6 =
- (5 + 2) × 5 =
- 12 ÷ 3 × 6 =
- 4 − 3 + 5 =
Answer key
- 37
- 10
- 48
- 8
- 34
- 35
- 24
- 6
Sample Sheet · Level 3
- 28 + 84 + 12 × 9 =
- [16 + 6 × (14 − 8)] ÷ 4 =
- 8 + 12 × 64 + 4 =
- 28 − 3 + 8 × 12 − 13 =
- −1 − 5 × 4 + 10 × 5 =
- 15 + 12 × 10 − 12 × 6 =
- [17 + 10 × (13 − 7)] ÷ 7 =
- 54 ÷ 6 × 3 + 18 ÷ 3 × 10 =
Answer key
- 117
- 13
- 10
- 108
- 29
- 63
- 11
- 87
Make your own
Pick the count, the level and the version, and print it with work space and the key on its own page. The same skill also makes an I Do, We Do, You Do lesson, a Mosaic, a Decoder and more.