Order of Operations

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What is the Order of Operations?

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A set of rules that determines the sequence in which operations are performed in a mathematical expression.

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What does PEMDAS stand for?

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Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), Addition and Subtraction (from left to right).

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Multiply (6 times 8) before subtracting 10.

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Divide (21 by 3) before multiplying by 4.

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11 (because you multiply 2 by 3 first, then add 5).

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20 (because you calculate the parentheses first).

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7 (because you perform addition and subtraction from left to right).

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8 (because you divide 12 by 4 first, then add 5).

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8 (because you calculate the expressions in parentheses first).

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12 (because you calculate the exponent first, then add 4).