The math skill taught focuses on using the order of operations to solve expressions using the acronym "BEDMAS," which stands for Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, and Addition/Subtraction, applied in this sequence.
Order of operations acronym
Test your understanding of order of operations BEDMAS acronym by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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How can we best remember the order of operations in mathematics
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First let's quickly review what order we would tackle solving this expression. Our order is brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.
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The first of these we have in this expression is brackets, so we'd solve those first, simplifying 3 plus 2 to 5
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Then, we'd raise 5 to our exponent, as exponents are next in the order
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Division and multiplication are the same priority, so we do them left to right. We only have one of them here so we'd divide 9 by 3
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Likewise, addition and subtraction are the same priority, and with only one of them in this expression, we'd do that next.
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To remember this order, we can use the acronym bedmas to represent brackets, exponents, division or multiplication, and then addition or subtraction.