This medium Grade 4 worksheet links real-world stories to math expressions using parentheses and mixed operations. Students translate sentences such as buying packs and sharing cookies into accurate expressions, then compute their values. A matching activity pairs four scenarios with correct expressions to reinforce how parentheses control operation order. By completing fills, computations, and matches, Grade 4 learners strengthen expression-writing fluency and prepare for harder multi-step problems involving every operation.
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Order of Operations Introduction
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Mia bought 3 packs of 4 pens and gave 2 away. Expression: 3*4-2.
2. (5+3)*2 represents adding then doubling, which equals 16.
3. Eight friends split (16+8) cookies equally; each gets 3 cookies.
4. Tom earns $5 per hour for 4 hours and a $2 bonus: 5*4+2 = 22.
5. (10-4)*3 means subtract first, then multiply, equaling 18.
6. Six rows of 5 chairs minus 4 broken chairs is 6*5-4.
7. (12/3)+5 equals 9 after dividing then adding correctly.
8. Lucy has 2 boxes of 6 markers, then loses 3: 2*6-3 = 9.
9. (7+3)/2 means add first, then divide; the answer is 5.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
3 packs of 4 cookies, then 2 eaten
→ 3*4-2
3*4-2
Add 5 and 3, then double the sum
→ (5+3)*2
(5+3)*2
Share 16 plus 8 candies among 8 kids
→ (16+8)/8
(16+8)/8
Earn 5 dollars times 4 hours plus 2 tip
→ 5*4+2
5*4+2
Order of Operations Introduction
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Mia bought 3 packs of 4 pens and gave 2 away. Expression: 3*4-2.
2) (5+3)*2 represents adding then doubling, which equals 16.
3) Eight friends split (16+8) cookies equally; each gets 3 cookies.
4) Tom earns $5 per hour for 4 hours and a $2 bonus: 5*4+2 = 22.
5) (10-4)*3 means subtract first, then multiply, equaling 18.
6) Six rows of 5 chairs minus 4 broken chairs is 6*5-4.
7) (12/3)+5 equals 9 after dividing then adding correctly.
8) Lucy has 2 boxes of 6 markers, then loses 3: 2*6-3 = 9.
9) (7+3)/2 means add first, then divide; the answer is 5.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
3 packs of 4 cookies, then 2 eaten
→ 3*4-2
3*4-2
Add 5 and 3, then double the sum
→ (5+3)*2
(5+3)*2
Share 16 plus 8 candies among 8 kids
→ (16+8)/8
(16+8)/8
Earn 5 dollars times 4 hours plus 2 tip
→ 5*4+2
5*4+2
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