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USING PARENTHESES & EXPONENTS SHEET 5:2

Remember to use PEMDAS - Parentheses first, then Exponents!
1) 22 x (32 - 4) = ___ x ___ = ____ 2) 102 - (42 + 24) = ___ - ___ =___
3) (62 - 22) x 2 = ___ x ___ = ____ 4) (23 + 52) ÷ 3 = ___ ÷ ___ = ___
5) (3 + 2)2 = ___2 = ____ 6) (10 - 4)2 = ___2 = ____
7) (9 - 7)3 + (2 + 4)2 = ___ + ___ = ____ 8) (25 - 15)2 - 72 = ___ - ___ = ____
9) (24 ÷ 3)2 - 33 = ___ - ___ = ____ 10) (11 - 3)2 - 62 = ___ - ___ = ____
11) (2.5 + 3.5)2 - 52 = ___ - ___ = ____ 12) 50 - (4.2 + 2.8)2 = ___-___=___
13) 102 - (23 x 7) = ___ - ___ = ____ 14) 2 x (32 - 22)2 = ___x___= ____
Work out the answers to the calculations below. Use a >, < or = sign to
compare them - the first one has been done for you.
(5 + 3)2 - 10 > (52 - 23) x 3
82 - 10 = 54 (25 - 8) x 3 = 51

(13 - 7)2 ÷ 4 ___ ½ x (62 - 42)

(18 - 32)2 ___ 82 + 42 + 1

102 - (33 x 2) ___ (4 + 3)2 - 13

(9 - 5)2 + (4 + 3)2 ___ (24 + 5) x 3

72 - (52 x 2) ___ (60 - 82) ÷ 2