National Adult Literacy Database

The order of operations specifies that the multiplication and division components of a math problem must be completed before carrying out the addition and subtraction work. It also specifies that calculations contained within brackets must be completed first.

This video tutorial builds on skills learned in earlier lessons by using problems that involve decimals. Learners must pay particular attention to the placement of the decimal as they complete each calculation.

The problems appear on a computer screen, with the narrator giving step-by-step instructions on how to solve them.