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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 18
Order of Operations

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Mathematics – Grade 4
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Quarter 1 – Module 18: Order of Operations
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 18
Order of Operations

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 Module 18
Order of Operations

This module will be your partner in studying

“Order of Operations”. It contains lessons,
activities and exercises on how to represent
Multiplication, Division, Addition and
Subtraction correctly and how to do a series of
operations in a given expression. What your
teacher will do is supervise and help you as you
study it by yourself.

Here is what you will do…

1. Study each page carefully. Make sure you understand what
you are reading.
2. Consult your teacher if there are things which are not clear
to you.
3. You are required to provide a notebook in which to keep
record of your answer while doing the activity. You should not
write anything in the module.
4. Be honest in answering the questions. Answer them first
before checking against the key found on the last page of this
module.
5. If there are lessons which you have not mastered, you may
discuss these with your elder brother or sister and even
with your parents. This way, you would clarify some
concepts which you have not quite understood.
6. When you are ready you may then take the post-test. You
must get a score of 80% or better to be able to move on to
the next module. Otherwise, you will have to go through the
module again.

Happy Learning!

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 What I need to Know

Take a look at this:

Juls and Emz both work on the problem 5 + 4 x 2
Look and observe their solutions.

How does Juls solve the problem? What operation does he

perform first? How about Emz? Do they have the same answer? If
you were to solve the problem, what would be your answer?

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 What I Know

Before going through this module, you need to take this

pre-test. You must get a score of 8 or better to be able to move on
to the next module. Show your solutions and write them on your
notebook.

1. 2 + 4 x 6 x 1 = ?

2. 14 ÷ 2 – 3 + 2 x 2 = ?

3. 5 x 4 -6) + 5 = ?

4. 32 ÷ 2 x 4 = ?

5. 6 ÷ 2 + 1 x 4 = ?

6. 12 x 8 + 12 x 2 = ?

7. 100 ÷ 25 – 16 ÷ 8 = ?

8. 32 ÷ 4 x 2 = ?

9. 10 ÷ 5 – 4 ÷ 4 = ?

10. 12 x 6 ÷3 x 2 ÷ 48 = ?

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 What’s In

Let’s have a review on the four fundamental operations of

whole numbers. Get your flash cards, practice addition;
subtraction; multiplication and division of whole numbers. You
may get a partner to do this. Check your answer against the
answer found at the back of each flash card. You need to master
these basic operations so that you will find our new lesson easier.

Provide the pupil with sets of flashcards.

What’s New

Now that you have mastered already the basic operations of

whole numbers such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division, it is important to learn how to solve problems that involve
more than one operation. Parentheses always indicate which
operation is to be performed first. However, problems that do not
contain parentheses can have different answers depending on the
order in which the operations are performed.

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Let’s have the following activity.
Activity 1.1. Complete the following by filling in the box with the
correct answer. Write your answers on your notebook.

1. 2x7–6÷2 4. 10 ÷ 5 + 6 x 8

= – = +

= =

2. 36 ÷ 4 – 2 x 4 5. 10 + 12 ÷ 3 + 9

= – = 10 + +9

= =

3. 5+7x4–2 6. 14 – 2 x 3 + 8 ÷ 4

=5 + –2 = 14 – +

= – 2 = +

= - =

Activity 1.2. Answer the following and write your answers on your
notebook.

a. Give the operation/s in correct order based on the given

steps of each problem above.
b. What operations were done first in problems 1,3 and 6
c. What operations were done first in problems 2,4 and 5?
d. Based on the exercises and your answers, what do you
observe?

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 What Is It

Let us go back and look at the solutions of Julz and Emz to

the expression 5 + 4 x 2 in page 1.

The two obtain two different answers, depending on which

operation they performed first.

Juls did it this way: for Emz:

5 + 4 x 2 add 5 + 4 x 2 multiply

= 9 x 2 multiply = 5 + 8 add

= 18 = 13

Since the answers (18 and 13) are different, the order of
operations obviously makes a difference. The correct way of solving
the above problem is

5+4x2=5+8 Multiply first 4 and 2

5+8 = 13 then add 5 and 8

So, the correct answer is 13.

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Here are other examples. Study each of these carefully and be able
to formulate the rule.

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3

8x7–3+4 4 + 8 – 28 ÷ 7 16 – 5 + 28 ÷ 7 x 5
= 56 – 3 + 4 = 4+8–4 = 16 – 5 + 4 x 5
= 53 + 4 = 12 – 4 = 16 – 5 + 20

= 57 = 8 = 11 + 20

= 31

What operation was done first in each example?

Example 1: (multiplication)
Example 2: (division)
Example 3: (division)

Here are other examples. Study each solution carefully.

1. 7x4+8+4–7 2. 6 + 4 x 3 ÷ 4 x 5 3. 15 – 3 + 6 x 7 ÷ 7
= 28 + 8 + 4 – 7 = 6 + 12 ÷ 4 x 5 = 15 – 3 + 42 ÷ 7
= 36 + 4 – 7 =6+3x5 = 15 – 3 + 6
= 40 – 7 = 6 + 15 = 12 + 6
= 33 = 21 = 18

1. What did you observe? Did you see a pattern?

2. What operation was done first in each expression?

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 What’s More

Activity 2. Get your notebook and answer the following.

1. 8x2+6 =?
2. 16 ÷ 4 – 2 = ?
3. 4+5x8=?
4. 24 – 8 ÷ 2 + 5 = ?
5. 16 + 2 x 15 ÷ 3 = ?
6. 6x8÷3+2=?
7. 8 + 14 – 6 x 3 = ?
8. 7 x 9 ÷ 18 – 9 + 8 = ?
9. 6x7÷6x6+3=?
10. 16 – 13 + 8 x 5 = ?

What I Have Learned

From the discussions and examples given above, formulate

the rule by filling in the blanks with the correct operation (addition,
subtraction, multiplication or division). Write your answers on
your notebook.

1. To solve problems involving more than one operation:

a. Do and operations in the order in which

they occur.
b. Then do and operations in order from
left to write.

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Help the pupils arrive at the correct generalization.
Scaffold and ask leading questions. You may introduce
mnemonics “MDAS” or “My Dear Aunt Sally”. Emphasize
that division and multiplication must be completed first
in the order in which they occur.

What I Can Do

Find the answer of each of the following problem. Show your

solutions on your notebook or on a separate sheet of paper.

1. 7x5–3+4
2. 2 + 40 ÷ 5 x 2
3. 23 + 6 – 2 x 5
4. 40 + 8 x 10 ÷ 5
5. 6x3x4÷4–8
6. 5x7÷7–4
7. 8 x 6 + 24 ÷ 4 – 20
8. 25 – 38 ÷ 2 + 24
9. 7 x 9 ÷ 21 + 20 – 8
10. 12 x 7 ÷ 4 + 6 – 5

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 Assessment:

Find the value of each expression: Show your solutions and

write them on your notebook. Please be reminded not to write
anything on this module.

1. 9x3+1

2. 3+4x7

3. 6+4x2-3

4. 7–2÷2+5

5. 12 ÷ 3 + 2 x 3 x 4

6. 4+5x6–3x2

7. 24 ÷ 2 x 3 – 2 + 5

8. 27 ÷ 9 x 3 + 7 – 4 ÷ 2

9. 14 – 2 x 3 + 8 ÷ 4

10. 5+7x4–2

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 Additional Activities

A. Find the operational signs (+, - , x, ÷) that make each

sentence true.

1. 6 4 3 7 = 15

2. 8 6 3 9 = 10

3. 42 8 5 16 = 18

4. 21 5 3 8 = 14

5. 45 5 3 = 27

B. Challenge to Win. Find the end number

÷4
78 x 10

+8
End

Yes I’m done!

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Congratulations! We had a wonderful
time together, didn’t we? I’m sure you
have learned a lot in this module.
Return this module to your teacher
and ask for post-test. Good Luck!!!

See you in the next module…

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Answer Key

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Answer Key

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Apista, E. M. et al (n.d.) . Soaring 21st Century Mathematics 6.
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Perez, R. G. et al (1995). 21st Century Mathematics 5. Phoenix

Publishing House, Inc.

Tengco, A., et al (1997) Math and Beyond Grade 5. Salesiana

Publishers, Inc.

Villame P. R. et al (1995) 21st Century Mathematics 6. Phoenix

Publishing House, Inc.

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