Year 6 Order of Operations (BODMAS) Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 6 order of operations worksheet.
Year 6 Order of Operations (BODMAS) Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Brackets, then Orders (indices), then Division/Multiplication (left to right), then Addition/Subtraction (left to right).
1.32 − 8 ÷ 4
Answer: 30
- Divide first: 8 ÷ 4 = 2
- 32 − 2 = 30
2.3 + 4 × 4
Answer: 19
- Multiply first: 4 × 4 = 16
- 3 + 16 = 19
3.8 × 3 − 3 × 2
Answer: 18
- 8 × 3 = 24 and 3 × 2 = 6
- 24 − 6 = 18
4.(3 + 3) × 7
Answer: 42
- Brackets first: 3 + 3 = 6
- 6 × 7 = 42
5.8 × 3 − 8 × 4
Answer: −8
- 8 × 3 = 24 and 8 × 4 = 32
- 24 − 32 = −8
6.25 − 20 ÷ 4
Answer: 20
- Divide first: 20 ÷ 4 = 5
- 25 − 5 = 20
7.7 × 3 − 8 × 3
Answer: −3
- 7 × 3 = 21 and 8 × 3 = 24
- 21 − 24 = −3
8.6 × 5 − 9 × 4
Answer: −6
- 6 × 5 = 30 and 9 × 4 = 36
- 30 − 36 = −6
9.28 − 8 ÷ 2
Answer: 24
- Divide first: 8 ÷ 2 = 4
- 28 − 4 = 24
10.8 + 3 × 2
Answer: 14
- Multiply first: 3 × 2 = 6
- 8 + 6 = 14
11.34 − 12 ÷ 3
Answer: 30
- Divide first: 12 ÷ 3 = 4
- 34 − 4 = 30
12.3 × 7 − 8 × 2
Answer: 5
- 3 × 7 = 21 and 8 × 2 = 16
- 21 − 16 = 5
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