Order of Operations Worksheets

Order of operations problems check whether students evaluate an expression in the right sequence: parentheses first, then multiplication and division from left to right, then addition and subtraction from left to right.

Grades 5–6
Common Core 5.OA.A.1
Answer key included

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Evaluate each expression. Show your steps.

1.57−9×6=

2.6÷2×8=

3.2×(19−16)=

4.7×4+2×2=

5.6×3+9×6=

6.16+3×3=

7.(2+8)×3=

8.7×9−9=

9.36−4+6=

10.40−6×3=

11.30+56÷8=

12.5×(9−2)=

Answer keyOrder of Operations

Evaluate each expression. Show your steps.

1.57−9×6=3

2.6÷2×8=24

3.2×(19−16)=6

4.7×4+2×2=32

5.6×3+9×6=72

6.16+3×3=25

7.(2+8)×3=30

8.7×9−9=54

9.36−4+6=38

10.40−6×3=22

11.30+56÷8=37

12.5×(9−2)=35

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Whole-number expressions with two or three operations, some with parentheses. Every answer is a whole number. Each sheet comes with an answer key on a separate page.

Teaching tips

PEMDAS (US), BODMAS (UK) and BIDMAS all describe the same rules.
The most common error is doing addition before subtraction, or multiplication before division, when the rule is simply left to right.

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Common Core alignment: 5.OA.A.1 (Grades 5–6).

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