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Inverse operations and priority of operations worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "inverse operations and priority of operations" — DfE statement N3. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Inverse operations and priority of operations worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.Write down the reciprocal of 0.2
- 2.Work out (−6) + (−4) × 3
- 3.Work out 5 + 3 × (9 − 6)
- 4.Four students work out 6 + 2 × 3. Which student has worked it out correctly?
- 5.Grace works out 7 × 99 by writing 99 as 100 − 1. Use her method to work out 7 × 99.
- 6.Insert one pair of brackets into 2 + 3 × 5 − 1 so that the calculation is equal to 24. Which calculation is correct?
- 7.Work out (−2)² − 3
- 8.Work out √25 + 4² − 12 ÷ 3
- 9.Write down the reciprocal of 5/8
- 10.A shop buys boxes of pens for £4 each. It sells each box on to a school for £3 more than it paid, and charges an extra £2 delivery fee for the whole order. A school orders 5 boxes. Work out the total cost of the order.
- 11.Work out the reciprocal of (2 + 3)
- 12.Work out 2 × (−3 + 7)
- 13.Work out 100 − 4 × 5²
- 14.Work out (−3) × 4 + 2 × (−5)
- 15.Work out 18 − 4 × 2
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