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Order of operations – practice for Years 3–5

Sample questions on Order of operations with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Maths
Year
Years 3–5
Curriculum area
Number and algebra

Question types: Brackets and the order of operations

Rule: Order of operations

First brackets, then multiplication and division, last addition and subtraction.

Operations of the same rank go from left to right.

Example: 48 − 6 × 6 = 48 − 36 = 12

Watch out: 48 − 6 × 6 is not 42 × 6: multiplication comes before subtraction.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Work out: (5 + 7) × 5

    Show the solution
    Answer: 60

    How it works: Brackets first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction: 5 + 7 = 12; 12 × 5 = 60

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Work out: (17 − 10) × 8

    Show the solution
    Answer: 56

    How it works: Brackets first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction: 17 − 10 = 7; 7 × 8 = 56

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Work out: (8 × 8 − 4) ÷ 4

    Show the solution
    Answer: 15

    How it works: Brackets first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction: 8 × 8 = 64; 64 − 4 = 60; 60 ÷ 4 = 15

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