Order of Operations
Which operation happens first, and why brackets and exponents override the usual left-to-right reading.
8 questions, free, marked as you go with a worked explanation on every one.
What this covers
- order of operations
The questions
- Evaluate: 3 + 4 × 2
- Evaluate: (3 + 4) × 2
- In 12 - 6 ÷ 2 + 1, which operation is carried out first?
- Evaluate: 20 ÷ 4 × 5
- Evaluate: 2 + 3²
- Which of these expressions equals 20?
- Evaluate: 15 - (2 + 3) × 2
- Evaluate: 6² ÷ 4 - 3