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PEMDAS
- Parenthesis
- Exponents
- Multiplication
- Division
- Addition
- Subtraction
BODMAS
- Brackets
- Order
- Division
- Multiplication
- Addition
- Subtraction
There's also BIDMAS AND the Canadian BEDMAS.
Or if you grew up in Germany...
Punktrechnung
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Strichrechnung
PEMDAS
- Parenthesis
- Exponents
- Multiplication or Division
- Addition or Subtraction
Read from left to right.
\(8 \div 2(4-2)\)
\(=8 \div 2(2)\)
\(=4(2)\)
\(=8\)
Simplify \(8 \div 2(4-2)\)
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Simplify \(\frac{8}{2(4-2)}\)
Simplify \(\frac{8}{2}(4-2)\)
Simplify \((8 \div 2)(4-2)\)
Simplify \(8 \div (2(4-2))\)
Simplify \(8 \div 2(4-2)\)
Simplify \(\frac{8}{2(4-2)}\)
Simplify \(\frac{8}{2}(4-2)\)
Simplify \((8 \div 2)(4-2)\)
Simplify \(8 \div (2(4-2))\)
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(D2 9:20A - 9:40A) Order of Operations
By Anurag Katyal
