Grade 6, Operations
Order of operations
Work out expressions in the right order, with and without brackets.
Three levels
One skill, rising difficulty
Each sheet carries one level. The three are the same skill at rising difficulty, each named for what it practises.
- Level 1: Two operations
- Multiply and divide first, from left to right. Then add and subtract, from left to right.
- Level 2: With brackets
- Do the brackets first. Then multiply and divide, from left to right. Then add and subtract, from left to right.
- Level 3: Three operations with brackets
- Do the brackets first. Then multiply and divide, from left to right. Then add and subtract, from left to right.
Worked example
How the sheet explains it
The helper printed at the top of each sheet: one solved example and the steps a student follows, before the first question. Every number sentence in it is proven by the same checker as the answer key.
Level 1: Two operations
20 − 3 × 4 = 8
- Multiply before you subtract, even though × comes second.
- First 3 × 4 = 12.
- Then 20 − 12 = 8.
Level 2: With brackets
(12 − 5) × 3 = 21
- Brackets come first: 12 − 5 = 7.
- Then multiply: 7 × 3 = 21.
Level 3: Three operations with brackets
30 − (2 + 4) × 3 = 12
- Brackets first: 2 + 4 = 6.
- Multiply before you subtract, even though × comes second: 6 × 3 = 18.
- Last, subtract: 30 − 18 = 12.
Goes with
Reference sheets
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- Order of operations
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In the BC curriculum
Content standards
The British Columbia content standard this skill is written for, by the codes used across this site:
- bc.math.6.c.3
The wording of each standard is on the Province's mathematics curriculum page.
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