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Year 6 Order of Operations Worksheets

Year 6 worksheets for using the order of operations, including brackets, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.

Year group

Year 6

Subject

Maths

Topic

Order of Operations

Difficulty

KS2

Worksheet type

Multiplication And Division

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Year 6 Order of Operations Worksheets

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What children practise

These printable worksheets help children build confidence with order of operations through focused, topic-specific practice.

Using brackets
Multiplying and dividing before adding and subtracting
Interpreting expressions
Checking calculation order

About these order of operations worksheets

Support Year 6 children with order of operations worksheets for KS2 maths practice, SATs revision, fluency and reasoning.

About these Year 6 order of operations worksheets

These Year 6 order of operations worksheets help children build confidence with using the correct order of operations. The questions are designed to support arithmetic fluency, accuracy and mathematical reasoning.

Children can use these worksheets for classroom practice, home learning, intervention, revision or KS2 SATs preparation. The content uses UK Year 6 and KS2 wording throughout.

What children learn from this topic

Order of Operations helps children strengthen upper KS2 maths knowledge and apply it to calculations, representations, reasoning or SATs-style problem-solving contexts.

  • Using brackets
  • Multiplying and dividing before adding and subtracting
  • Interpreting expressions
  • Checking calculation order
  • Solving arithmetic questions

How parents and teachers can use these worksheets

Parents can use these order of operations worksheets for short, focused revision and ask children to explain the method or reasoning behind each answer.

Teachers can use them for lesson practice, retrieval tasks, small-group support, SATs revision or mixed-topic assessment preparation.

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What should Year 6 children practise in order of operations?+

Year 6 children should practise using the correct order of operations using accurate methods, clear vocabulary and KS2 reasoning.

How can these order of operations worksheets support SATs preparation?+

Order of Operations supports Year 6 fluency and reasoning, helping children prepare for KS2 SATs-style arithmetic and problem-solving questions.

How can parents and teachers use order of operations worksheets?+

They can be used for focused revision, intervention, homework or mixed practice, with children explaining each method and checking whether answers are sensible.