Year 7 Order of Operations (BODMAS) Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 7 order of operations worksheet.
Year 7 Order of Operations (BODMAS) Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Brackets, then Orders (indices), then Division/Multiplication (left to right), then Addition/Subtraction (left to right).
1.2 × 6 − 4 × 5
Answer: −8
- 2 × 6 = 12 and 4 × 5 = 20
- 12 − 20 = −8
2.2 × 4 − 2 × 5
Answer: −2
- 2 × 4 = 8 and 2 × 5 = 10
- 8 − 10 = −2
3.24 − 30 ÷ 5
Answer: 18
- Divide first: 30 ÷ 5 = 6
- 24 − 6 = 18
4.8 × 4 − 7 × 4
Answer: 4
- 8 × 4 = 32 and 7 × 4 = 28
- 32 − 28 = 4
5.62 + 6 × (6 − 4)
Answer: 48
- Brackets: 6 − 4 = 2
- Index: 62 = 36
- Multiply: 6 × 2 = 12
- 36 + 12 = 48
6.62 + 7 × (4 − 2)
Answer: 50
- Brackets: 4 − 2 = 2
- Index: 62 = 36
- Multiply: 7 × 2 = 14
- 36 + 14 = 50
7.7 × 4 − 4 × 3
Answer: 16
- 7 × 4 = 28 and 4 × 3 = 12
- 28 − 12 = 16
8.42 + 5 × (3 − 5)
Answer: 6
- Brackets: 3 − 5 = (−2)
- Index: 42 = 16
- Multiply: 5 × (−2) = (−10)
- 16 − 10 = 6
9.22 + 9 × (8 − 4)
Answer: 40
- Brackets: 8 − 4 = 4
- Index: 22 = 4
- Multiply: 9 × 4 = 36
- 4 + 36 = 40
10.6 × 9 − 6 × 2
Answer: 42
- 6 × 9 = 54 and 6 × 2 = 12
- 54 − 12 = 42
11.5 × 5 − 3 × 5
Answer: 10
- 5 × 5 = 25 and 3 × 5 = 15
- 25 − 15 = 10
12.84 − 9 ÷ 3
Answer: 81
- Divide first: 9 ÷ 3 = 3
- 84 − 3 = 81
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