• This page contains 2 sets of questions "My Dear Aunt Sally" and "Pleases, My Dear Aunt Sally" and corresponds to topics on the last page.
• Complete as many of the problems as you feel you need to complete.
• You might wish to make a printed copy of the page with your answers before or after you have completed one or both sets of questions.

Simplify, mentally if possible:

a.   8 - 4 x 2

b.   3 x 3 + 4 x 5

c.   3 x 4 ÷ 2

d.   6 + 4 ÷ 2

e.   4 - 4 + 4

f.   4 ÷ 4 + 4

g.   4 + 4 ÷ 4

h.   6 + 2 ÷ 4

i.   6 x 2 ÷ 3

j.   6 ÷ 2 x 3

k.   2 ÷ 4 + 6

Simplify, as shown above, in your notes.

a.   2 ÷ 4 + 6 x 3 - 8

b.   2 ÷ 4 + 6 x 3 - 8 + 1 + 2

c.   2 ÷ 4 + 6 x 3 - 8 + 1 + 2 x 5

Write an expression for each. Do not simplify.

a.   the change from $50 after purchasing 3 shirts at $9 each

b.   the perimeter of a 5 inch by 6 inch rectangle

c.   nine increased by the product of six and eleven then decreased by half of ten

Please:
• Check your answers and correct your work if necessary, or
• Do the calculator research you put off doing or
• Return to the last page and complete it, or
• Complete "Please, My Dear Aunt Sally," the next set of exercises on this page, or
• Take a Break before continuing.

1st: Check the expressions in which parentheses are not needed.

2nd: Simplify, mentally if possible:

a.   (8 - 4) x 2

b.   (3 x 3) + (4 x 5)

c.   3 x (3 + 4) x 5

d.   3 x ([3 + 4] x 5)

e.   3 x [4 ÷ 2]

f.   (6 + 4) ÷ 2

g.   (4 - 4) + 4

h.   (4 ÷ 4) + 4

i.   4 ÷ (4 + 4)

j.   (4 + 4) ÷ 4

k.   6 + (2 ÷ 4)

Complete the following statement. In simplifying an expression, parentheses are not needed if .

    The next page is drill on more difficult questions. Before going on you might wish to: review notes on the last page, check answers to the above questions, do see questions or take a break.