Class 7 Maths · Ganita Prakash Part 1 · Chapter 2

Arithmetic Expressions

Reading and evaluating expressions the right way — brackets, order of operations, and writing maths from words.

Class 7 Maths — Arithmetic Expressions (full chapter)
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Rashmi Ma’am teaches the full chapter free on YouTube — watch first, then practise below.

What your child learns

  • Read an expression as a sum of terms instead of applying BODMAS blindly
  • Use brackets correctly and predict how they change an answer
  • Evaluate multi-step expressions without sign mistakes
  • Translate word statements into expressions (“3 more than twice a number”)
  • Spot and fix the classic order-of-operations errors

Parent pointer

If your child gets 3 + 4 × 2 = 14, this chapter is the cure. The new book teaches expressions as “terms” — a genuinely better method than the BODMAS chanting we grew up with. Let them learn the new way; don’t force the old shortcut.

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Practise it — the Azone loop

1

Watch the class

Full chapter above, free. Pause and solve along — that’s the rule.

2

Do a worksheet

Download the free Class 7 worksheet pack and practise this topic on paper.

3

Test yourself

Try the free 12-minute mock test, then the full test series when ready.

Quick questions parents ask

Is BODMAS wrong now?

Not wrong — but it’s a shortcut that breaks when children apply it blindly (especially with subtraction and division in a row). The “terms” view in Ganita Prakash gives the same answers with far fewer mistakes. The video shows both and when each helps.

This chapter looks easy — can we skip it?

Please don’t. Every later topic — letter-numbers, equations, fractions — silently assumes your child evaluates expressions correctly. Ten wrong answers in Class 8 algebra usually trace back to this chapter.

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