These 5th 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. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is (3 + 5) × 8, which works out to 64; another is 4 × (3 + 9), giving 48.
‘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 brackets and two operations, numbers under 100, so the arithmetic never obscures the structure being tested.
Every sheet is generated fresh, so the pattern of operations changes from page to page and cannot be learned by position.
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.
These 5th 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 | (3 + 5) × 8 = | 64 | Watch for: working strictly left to right |
| 2 | 4 × (3 + 9) = | 48 | Check: recopying the expression wrongly |
| 3 | (11 + 4) × 8 = | 120 | Look at: treating multiplication as outranking division |
| 4 | (9 − 5) × 2 = | 8 | Ask about: dropping a negative sign |
| 5 | 9 × (8 + 5) = | 117 | Watch for: ignoring the check |
| 6 | (11 + 2) × 6 = | 78 | Check: doing brackets last instead of first |
The item 4 × (3 + 9) is worth doing slowly. The answer to 4 × (3 + 9) is 48, 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.
Work (9 − 5) × 2 out loud as a demonstration. It gives 8. Children who hear (9 − 5) × 2 reasoned through once at the start of a session make noticeably fewer errors in the ten minutes that follow.
The key prints on its own page by default. Uncheck the answer-key box before printing if you would rather keep it back and mark the sheet yourself.
Because the numbers are random, there is no shared answer list to look up: the key printed behind your sheet is the only one that fits it, and it shows 64 for (3 + 5) × 8.
To save these 5th 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.
If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these 5th grade order of operations worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.
Print a sheet of 5th grade order of operations worksheets, run it for 12 minutes, mark it together, and come back tomorrow for a different set of numbers on the same skill.
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Last updated: 2026-09-13