Order Of Operations
(PEMDAS)
What is order of operations?
Order of operations is when you have a number sentence (Ex: 3(5x7)+34/2) containing either parentheses, exponents, multiplication, divison, addition, or subtraction or containing all. This abbreviated is PEMDAS.
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Steps
Step 1: Look in equation left to right and solve the problem in the parenthesis.
Step 2: If something has a number at the top of another number that is an exponent. You multipy the bottom number the nember of times the top number says.
Step 3: You then look at the numbers left and if theres any divison or multiplication left you solve those, again left to right.
Some Example Problems
1st Part Of Problem #1
http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/05-order-of-operations/05-order-of-operations-parenthesis-PEMDAS-01.htm
Last Part of Problem #1
http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/05-order-of-operations/05-order-of-operations-parenthesis-PEMDAS-01.htm
Problem #2
http://www.fulldownloads.org/education-mathematics/smooth-operators