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OPERATIONS
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Remember to work out the answer in the right order (BODMAS)
1. 9 x (4 + 4) = 2. 8 x (3 + 8) = 3. 5 x (6+ 3) =
4. 8 + 24 ÷ 4 = 5. 7 + 63 ÷ 9 = 6. 5 + 21 ÷ 7 =
7. (4 + 7) x 3 = 8. ( 5 + 3) x 6 = 9. (7 + 2) x 8 =
10. 12 ÷ (2 + 4) = 11. 24 ÷ (7 + 5) =
12. 45 ÷ (4 + 5) = 13. 63 ÷ (17 – 8) =
14. 4 + 5 x 9 = 15. 8 + 8 x 8 = 16. 7+7x7=
17. 6 + 6 x 6 = 18. 9 + 9 x 9 = 19. 81 – 4 x 4 =
20. (18 + 15) – (13 + 12) =
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SPEED CHECK: USING THE CORRECT SEQUENCE OF
OPERATIONS
Time yourself on these questions to see how long it takes.
Remember to work out the answer in the right order
(BODMAS).
1. 8 x (5 + 4) = 2. 7 x (4 + 8) = 3. 6 x (6+ 4) =
4. 7 + 28 ÷ 4 = 5. 6 + 72 ÷ 9 = 6. 4 + 28 ÷ 7 =
7. (3 + 8) x 5 = 8. (6 + 4) x 8 = 9. (9 + 2) x 7 =
10. 32 ÷ (4 + 4) = 11. 18 ÷ (7 + 2) =
12. 54 ÷ (4 + 5) = 13. 48 ÷ (14 – 8) =
Even speedier!!
14. 5 + 5 x 8 = 15. 6 + 7 x 8 = 16. 8+9x6=
17. 4 + 6 x 7 = 18. 3 + 4 x 5 = 19. 64 – 4 x 4 =
20. (19 + 13) – (14 + 15) =
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ANSWERS
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1. 24 or 15 2. 28 or 8 3. 40 or 40 4. 9 or 45
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1.14 2. 6 3. 11 4. 25 5. 18 6. 13
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1. 40 2. 40 3. 51 4. 81 5. 30 6. 14 7. 12 8. 42
9. 25 10. 28 11. 8 12. 81 13. 62 14. 3 15. 104 16. 9
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1. 17 2. 41 3. 20 4. 17 5. 10 6. 8 7. 14 8. 12
9. 10 10. 22 11. 56 12. 53 13. 4 14. 11 15. 25 16. 144
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8 + (4 x 6) – 5 = 27 (8 + 4) x (6 – 5) = 12 (8 + 4) x 6 – 5 = 67
1. 4 + (4 x 3) = 16 6. 4 x 6 – 4 = 20 or (4 x 6) – 4 = 20
2. (7 – 6) + 11 = 12 7. (10 – 3) x 5 = 35 or 10 x 3 + 5 = 35
3. 2 + 2 + 4 = 8 or 2 x 2 + 4 = 8 8. (2 + 4) ÷ 6 = 1
4. (2 + 2) x 4 = 16 9. 24 ÷ 2 – 4 = 8 or (24 ÷ 2) – 4 = 8
5. 4 + (3 x 3) = 13 10. 5 + (4 x 4) = 21
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1. 18 = 18 2. 44 < 56 3. 110 > 98 4. 56 < 70 5. 78 < 82 6. 168 > 165
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1. 72 2. 88 3. 45 4. 14 5. 14 6. 8 7. 33 8. 48 9. 72 10. 2
11. 2 12. 5 13. 7 14. 49 15. 72 16. 56 17. 42 18. 90 19. 65 20. 8
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1. 72 2. 84 3. 60 4. 14 5. 14 6. 8 7. 55 8. 80 9. 77 10. 4
11. 2 12. 6 13. 8 14. 45 15. 62 16. 62 17. 46 18. 23 19. 48 20. 3
