Order of operations

Sample Order of operations questions

A few of the 45 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

1. Question 12 marksGrade 1-2
   Work out $17 - 7 \times 2$. Show your working.
   Show the worked solution

   Multiplication is done before subtraction: $7 \times 2 = 14$

What are the common mistakes in Order of operations?

When a pupil makes one of these on Revision Workshop, the marking engine names the mistake and explains it, instead of just marking the answer wrong.

• Works left to right through a calculation instead of following the correct order of operations

  Added 12 and 4^2 first, working left to right, instead of multiplying by the bracket first

• Ignores the brackets and applies operations in the wrong order

  Multiplied 2 by 10 only, instead of working out the bracket $(13 + 10)$ first

• Applies a power to the wrong term in an expression

  Squared $4 \times (3)$

Quick answers about Order of operations

How many Order of operations practice questions are there?

There are 45 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Order of operations, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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