Practice Order of Operations in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

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Quick Recap

The agreed-upon sequence for evaluating expressions: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division (left to right), Addition/Subtraction (left to right).

Without rules, 2+3×4 could mean 20 or 14. We agree to multiply first: 14.

Showing a random 20 of 50 problems.

Example 1

medium
Compute 24÷2(3+1).

Example 2

medium
Compute 100−4×(3+2)2.

Example 3

hard
Evaluate 5+32×2−(12÷4+1).

Example 4

easy
What does the 'M' in PEMDAS stand for, and which other operation shares its precedence?

Example 5

easy
Compute 6÷2+3×2.

Example 6

easy
Compute 52−1.

Example 7

medium
Compute 20−32+4.

Example 8

medium
Compute 10−[3+2×(4−1)].

Example 9

easy
Compute −32.

Example 10

challenge
Compute 2+22+22.

Example 11

medium
Evaluate 18−3×(4+1)+23.

Example 12

easy
Evaluate 3+4×2.

Example 13

medium
Evaluate 2×(3+5)2−10÷2.

Example 14

medium
Compute 4+2×(5−1)2.

Example 15

medium
Compute 16+3×2.

Example 16

medium
Compute 6+2×32−4÷2.

Example 17

easy
Compute 3+4×2.

Example 18

medium
Compute 5+2×(32−4).

Example 19

medium
Compute (2+3)2−4×5.

Example 20

easy
Compute 7+2×3.
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