Order of Operations Exercises

$=\dfrac{−12}{−4−8}$

$=1$

$=−8 \times -17$

$=136$

$=−5+(7)$

$=−5+7$

$=2$

$=4−(1)^2$

$4−1$

$=3$

$= -8 + 70$

$= 62$

Remember that a negative sign is only part of the base of an exponent if it is inside parentheses with the base.

$-4^2 - (-3)^2$

$=−(4 \cdot 4) - (-3 \cdot -3)$

$= -16 - 9$

$= - 25$

$(-5 + 7) -9 \times 5$

$=−5 + 7 - 45$

$2 - 45$

$=-43$