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Perform Operations On Mathematical Expressions Correctly

The document discusses the order of operations, known as PEMDAS or BODMAS, which establishes the sequence for performing mathematical calculations. It states that PEMDAS/BODMAS provides rules for simplifying expressions by first performing operations within parentheses, then exponents, followed by multiplication and division from left to right, and lastly addition and subtraction from left to right. Examples are provided to demonstrate solving expressions step-by-step according to the proper order of operations.

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Perform Operations On Mathematical Expressions Correctly

The document discusses the order of operations, known as PEMDAS or BODMAS, which establishes the sequence for performing mathematical calculations. It states that PEMDAS/BODMAS provides rules for simplifying expressions by first performing operations within parentheses, then exponents, followed by multiplication and division from left to right, and lastly addition and subtraction from left to right. Examples are provided to demonstrate solving expressions step-by-step according to the proper order of operations.

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Perform Operations on Mathematical Expressions Correctly

In simplifying mathematical expressions, the following order of operations is one


critical point to observe. It is the set of rules that determines which operations should be
done before or after others.
Before, we used to have the MDAS (multiplication, division, addition, subtraction).
It was changed then to PEMDAS (parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division,
addition, subtraction). Now most scientific calculators follow BODMAS (brackets,
order, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction) which is identical to PEMDAS.

Source: https://someshapes.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/the-bodmas-pemdas-equivalency/

The order of operations or BODMAS/PEMDAS is merely a set of rules that


prioritize the sequence of operations starting from the most important to the least
important.
Step 1: do as much as you can to simplify everything inside the parenthesis r bracket
first.
Step 2: simplify every exponential number in the expression.
Step 3: multiply and divide whichever comes first, from left to right.

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Step 4: add and subtract whichever comes first, from left to right.

Examples:
1. Evaluate (11 − 5)2 − 3 + 1

Solution: 6(2) − 3 + 1 Remove the parentheses by simplifying 11 – 5 to get


6
12 − 3 + 1 multiply 6 an 2 to get 12
9+1 subtract 3 from 12 3 to get 9
= 10 add 9 and 1 to get 10

Or from 12 − 3 + 1
13 − 3 add 12 and 1 to get 13, since addition and subtraction
have equal importance
=10 subtract 3 from 13 to get the same answer which is
10

2. Evaluate 30 + 52 − (9 + 2)

Solution: 30 + 52 − 11 Remove the parentheses by simplifying 9 + 2 to get


11
30 + 25 − 11 remove the exponent by simplifying 52 to get 25
55 − 11 add 30 and 25 to get 55
= 44 subtract 11 from 55 to get 44

Or from 30 + 25 − 11
19 + 25 subtract 11 from 30 to get 19
= 44 add 19 and 25 to get the same answer which is 44

3. Evaluate 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) This was the problem given to you on the 1st part of
this module. Let’s see if you got it right.

Solution: 8 ÷ 2 x 4 Remove the parentheses by simplifying 2 + 2 to get


4
4x4 divide 8 by 2 to get 4
= 16 multiply 4 by 4 to get 16

Or from 8 ÷ 2 x 4

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32 ÷ 2 multiply 8 by 4 to get 32
= 16 divide 32 by 2 to get the same answer which is 16.

If you got the same answer as 16 from the start, congratulations, you know your
PEMDAS well!

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