Class 7 Arithmetic Expressions Worksheet (Ganita Prakash Ch 2)
Print a sheet on evaluating expressions with brackets, multiplying before adding, removing brackets after a minus sign, and writing an expression for a shopping problem. The answers come on the last page.
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1Class, subject and chapter
Class SubjectNCERT Ganita Prakash: Ch 6 Perimeter and Area
2Questions
Questions on each sheet Difficulty Different setsEach set has different questions, so children sitting together cannot copy.
3Header and answer key
Class 6 · 15 questions · answer key included
Every click on New questions makes a fresh sheet with its own answer key. A4 size; print at 100%. The questions are written for practice and are not taken from any textbook.
What Arithmetic Expressions covers
Arithmetic Expressions is Chapter 2 of the Class 7 Ganita Prakash Part 1 book. An arithmetic expression is a set of numbers joined by operations, like 6 × 30 + 13, and the chapter teaches children to read one correctly. That means knowing that multiplication comes before addition, using brackets to change the order, seeing what happens when brackets come after a minus sign, and comparing two expressions by reasoning instead of working both out. It also asks children to turn an everyday situation, such as buying a few things at a shop, into an expression.
The worksheet generator on this page is set to that chapter. A sheet can include:
- evaluating expressions with brackets, multiplication and division, such as 8 × (13 – 5) + 20;
- filling in the sign, + or –, after brackets are removed from an expression like 42 – (13 – 6);
- writing >, < or = between two sums without calculating them;
- multiple choice questions whose wrong options come from doing the operations in the wrong order;
- true or false questions about whether moving the brackets changes the answer;
- matching five expressions with their values;
- word problems about notebooks, pens and kites bought with rupees, where the child writes the expression and then finds its value.
Using the sheet
- Class 7, Maths and Arithmetic expressions are already selected.
- Start with Easy: its fill-in part is only evaluating expressions. Move to Medium once your child is steady, because it adds the sign-after-brackets questions and comparing without calculating.
- Set 15 questions for homework or 10 for a quick warm-up at the start of a class.
- If you teach a batch, make Sets A, B and C, so each group gets different expressions to work out.
- Download the PDF or print. The answer key shows the full expression for each word problem, not just the number.
Tips for parents and teachers
Underline the terms. Before working anything out, ask your child to underline each part joined by + or –. In 72 ÷ 8 + 15 × 2, the two parts are 72 ÷ 8 and 15 × 2. Working out each part first, then adding, prevents many order mistakes.
Not simply left to right. Children used to working from left to right often add before they multiply. If several multiple choice answers come back wrong in the same way, this is the likely cause.
The minus before a bracket. Expressions such as 40 – (9 – 1) are where many marks are lost. Show it with money: if you owe ₹9 but ₹1 of it is forgiven, you pay ₹8, so 40 – 8 is 32, and 40 – 9 + 1 gives the same answer.
Ask for the expression out loud. For word problems, let your child say the expression before writing it: "five kites at ₹37 each, taken away from ₹900". Practise three short sheets a week while the chapter is on. The algebraic expressions worksheet builds on this chapter with letter-numbers.
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Frequently asked questions
Why is 28 + 5 × 6 equal to 58 and not 198?
Multiplication is done before addition unless brackets say otherwise. So 5 × 6 is worked out first to get 30, and 28 + 30 is 58. Adding first gives 33 × 6 = 198, which is one of the wrong options the multiple choice questions on this sheet offer on purpose.
What happens to the signs when you remove brackets after a minus?
Every sign inside the brackets flips. 20 – (9 + 8) is the same as 20 – 9 – 8, and 42 – (13 – 6) is the same as 42 – 13 + 6. Medium and Hard sheets ask children to fill in the missing sign in such pairs, and some true or false questions test the same idea.
Is this the same as BODMAS?
The idea is the same: brackets first, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction. Many families and tuition teachers know the rule as BODMAS. The sheet does not use the word; it simply asks children to evaluate expressions, compare them and write their own, which checks the same rule.
In word problems, should my child write the expression or only the answer?
Both. The word problems ask for an expression and then its value, and the answer key shows both, for example 900 – 5 × 37 = ₹715. Give a mark for a correct expression even if the final subtraction has a slip, because writing the expression is the skill this chapter is building.