Starter quiz

  • Using the priority of operations, which operations come before multiplication and division?
    Using the priority of operations, which operations come before multiplication and division?
    • Brackets  ✓
    • Roots  ✓
    • Exponents  ✓
    • Addition
    • Subtraction or the addition of the additive inverse
  • Match the calculations on the left with the correct answer on the right.
    • 3 + 4\times5
      ⇔
      23 ✓
    • 4 + 3\times5
      ⇔
      19 ✓
    • 3 + 6\div 2
      ⇔
      6 ✓
    • 2 + 4\times5 + 5\times 1
      ⇔
      27 ✓
  • The priority of operations applies to:
    • positive and negative integers only
    • positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals  ✓
    • positive numbers only
  • Look at the calculation using the priority of operations. Write what number is represented by the star.
    Look at the calculation using the priority of operations. Write what number is represented by the star.
    • '24' ✓
  • Using your knowledge on the addition of fractions, work out the answer to \frac{11}{12}+ \left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)+ \frac{1}{4}.
    • \frac{13}{13}
    • \frac{5}{6}  ✓
    • 1
    • \frac{6}{5}
  • Using your knowledge on the addition of fractions and additive inverses, work out the answer to \frac{9}{10}+ \left(-\frac{1}{5}\right)+ \frac{7}{20}+ \left(-\frac{3}{10}\right).
    • \frac{4}{5}
    • \frac{3}{4}  ✓
    • \frac{12}{15}
    • \frac{11}{12}
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