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Order of operations priority rules

The math skill taught here is the order of operations. It emphasizes performing multiplication before addition due to its higher priority. If operations have the same priority, like addition and subtraction or multiplication and division, they are solved from left to right.

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Teaching Transcript

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What do we do first, given an equation with multiplication and addition?

Multiplication and addition are different priorities, so we do the higher priority operation first. That's multiplication.

If we had operations of the same priority, like addition and subtraction, or multiplication and division, we'd do them left to right.

Skill Practice

Order of operations priority rules

Test your understanding of order of operations priority rules by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.