Question

when using the order of operations to evaluate an expression, you should blank complete multiplication before division

Answer 1

You should complete multiplication and division in the order they occur. The answer is it depends (however, they may be looking for not).

Answer 2

When using the order of operations you should always complete multiplication before division.

order of operations, also known as PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Mutiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) says you do M before D no matter which comes first in the equation.