Order of Operations & Number Basics

What does the 'P' in PEMDAS stand for?

• Percent
• Parentheses
• Positive
• Powers

What is 2 + 3 × 4?

• 9
• 14
• 24
• 20

Multiplication and division have equal rank, worked left to right.

• True
• False

The top number of a fraction is called the ____.

• exponent
• base
• numerator
• denominator

What is 1/2 × 1/3?

• 2/6
• 1/3
• 1/5
• 1/6

To add fractions, they must have a common denominator.

• True
• False

What decimal equals 50%?

• 0.5
• 5.0
• 0.05
• 0.005

What is 20% of 50?

• 20
• 5
• 10
• 100

The word 'percent' comes from Latin meaning 'per ____.'

• part
• thousand
• hundred
• ten

In 2³, what is the base?

• 3
• 8
• 2
• 6

What does 2³ equal?

• 9
• 8
• 4
• 6

Any number (except zero) raised to the power of 0 equals 1.

• True
• False

A number with an exponent of 3 is called ____.

• squared
• cubed
• tripled
• doubled

On a number line, negative numbers sit to the right of zero.

• True
• False

Multiplying a positive and a negative number gives a negative answer.

• True
• False