These 4th grade order of operations worksheets are generated rather than scanned, which means you can print a different sheet every day of the week without paying for a subscription or running out of practice. The version loaded below opens with items in the shape of 29 + 5 × 9 and 44 − 8 × 3; the key lists 74 and 20 next to their question numbers.
‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.
The expressions here use two operations per line, numbers under 100, so the arithmetic never obscures the structure being tested.
The most useful habit is to underline the part that gets done first before writing anything. It takes two seconds and prevents the majority of errors on this page.
Brackets exist to override the convention, and children who understand that read expressions far more confidently than children who have memorised an acronym.
Every sheet is generated fresh, so the pattern of operations changes from page to page and cannot be learned by position.
These 4th grade order of operations worksheets are commonly aligned with the expressions and equations expectations for this grade, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.
| # | Problem | Answer | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 + 5 × 9 = | 74 | Watch for: doing brackets last instead of first |
| 2 | 44 − 8 × 3 = | 20 | Check: ignoring the check |
| 3 | 108 − 7 × 9 = | 45 | Look at: treating multiplication as outranking division |
| 4 | 5 × 5 + 28 = | 53 | Ask about: dropping a negative sign |
| 5 | 35 + 7 × 8 = | 91 | Watch for: working strictly left to right |
| 6 | 51 + 3 × 8 = | 75 | Check: recopying the expression wrongly |
The item 44 − 8 × 3 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 44 − 8 × 3 is 20, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.
Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 29 + 5 × 9. Work 29 + 5 × 9 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 74 on the key before moving on.
Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like 44 − 8 × 3 can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.
The answer key is generated with the worksheet, not written by hand, so it always matches the sheet in front of you — 29 + 5 × 9 is listed as 74, 44 − 8 × 3 as 20, and so on down the page.
Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.
To save these 4th grade order of operations worksheets instead of printing them, choose 'Save as PDF' in the printer list. You get the worksheet and the answer key as a single PDF, on Letter or A4 depending on your printer settings.
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Last updated: 2026-09-13