Introduce your students to the rules of calculation with our Order of Operations Teaching PowerPoint – a comprehensive, step-by-step presentation designed to build a deep understanding of BODMAS in a clear and engaging way.

This interactive PowerPoint guides students through the order of operations by gradually increasing complexity – beginning with addition and subtraction, then introducing multiplication and division, and finally working with orders and brackets. It takes a reverse approach to BODMAS, helping students unpack each concept one step at a time while reinforcing how different operations interact.

Order of Operations Teaching PowerPoint includes built-in answer buttons and working examples on every slide. These allow you to walk through calculations with your class and then reveal each step in the correct order, helping students visualise how BODMAS operates within a number sentence.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and apply the correct order of operations using the BODMAS acronym
• ✅ Solve multi-step number sentences involving brackets, orders, division, multiplication, addition and subtraction
• ✅ Build fluency and confidence in evaluating expressions systematically

What’s Included:

• Step-by-step interactive PowerPoint covering each element of BODMAS
• Worked examples and progressive difficulty for scaffolded instruction
• Answer buttons that reveal correct operations in order

Materials Needed:

• Interactive whiteboard or screen for whole-class demonstration
• Optional: student whiteboards or workbooks to complete examples alongside

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as your main teaching tool when introducing or revising BODMAS
• 💡 Pause on each example and have students complete the calculation before revealing the answer
• 💡 Include in small group rotations for targeted instruction or support
• 💡 Reinforce understanding with follow-up anchor charts or worked examples students can keep
• 💡 Ask students to create their own BODMAS number sentences to challenge peers

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Introduce one concept at a time, using the reverse BODMAS method for scaffolded learning
• 💛 Discuss each step aloud and encourage students to verbalise their reasoning
• 💛 Revisit tricky slides for revision or informal assessment during warm-ups

Order of Operations Teaching PowerPoint is a clear, interactive, and supportive tool for teaching BODMAS – helping students build procedural fluency and a deeper understanding of how operations work together in complex expressions.