Grade 5 Math · Order of Operations: Introduction
Build Grade 5 Math skills with five 10-question practice tests introducing parentheses, multiplication and division priority, left-to-right evaluation, and real-world expressions.
These Grade 5 Math practice tests introduce the order used to evaluate numerical expressions. Students practice grouping symbols, multiplication and division before addition and subtraction, left-to-right evaluation for operations with equal priority, and translating word problems into expressions.
Mark the grouping symbols first, then complete multiplication or division, and finish with addition or subtraction. Write each intermediate result so you can check whether the expression was evaluated in the intended order.
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5. Test
A 10-question Grade 5 Math practice test introducing the order of operations, parentheses, multiplication and division priority, left-to-right evaluation, and word problems.
Evaluate grouping symbols first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction. Work left to right when operations share the same priority.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is 18.
Multiply first: 2 × 5 = 10, then 8 + 10 = 18.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is 50.
Add 8 + 2 = 10, then 10 × 5 = 50.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is 14.
Subtract 6 − 3 = 3, then divide 42 ÷ 3 = 14.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is 4.
Divide first: 42 ÷ 6 = 7, then 7 − 3 = 4.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is 8.
Add inside the parentheses: 2 + 3 = 5; multiply 5 × 2 = 10; 18 − 10 = 8.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is 38.
Work inside the parentheses from left to right: 18 − 2 + 3 = 19; then 19 × 2 = 38.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is .
Multiplication is completed before addition, so 6 + 4 × 3 is the same as 6 + (4 × 3).
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Multiplication comes before addition, so the value is 5 + 8 = 13..
Multiply 2 × 4 = 8 first, then add 5 to get 13.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is 3.
Divide 20 by 4 to get 5, then 5 − 2 = 3.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Use grouping symbols first, then multiplication or division, then addition or subtraction, working left to right at the same priority..
The order of operations provides a consistent way to evaluate an expression and avoid ambiguity.
Evaluate grouping symbols first, then multiplication and division, and finally addition and subtraction. Work left to right when operations have the same priority.
Parentheses group an operation so that it is completed before the operations outside the parentheses.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 5 Order of Operations questions in total.
