Remember the saying Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally - PEMDAS
The P stands for Parenthesis
E stands for Exponents
M stands for Multiplying
D stands for Dividing
A stands for Adding
S stands for Subtracting
When you solve math problems you must ALWAYS consider the order of operations.
For the problem below:
Step 1 for the problem would be to solve what is inside the parenthesis.
Step 2: Solve the exponent
Step 3: Solve the multiplication problem
The P stands for Parenthesis
E stands for Exponents
M stands for Multiplying
D stands for Dividing
A stands for Adding
S stands for Subtracting
When you solve math problems you must ALWAYS consider the order of operations.
For the problem below:
Step 1 for the problem would be to solve what is inside the parenthesis.
Step 2: Solve the exponent
Step 3: Solve the multiplication problem
Next Example:
Step 1: Solve what is in the parenthesis
Step 2: The divide and then multiply.
Step 3: Subtract 8 from the answer you got in Step 2
Step 2: The divide and then multiply.
Step 3: Subtract 8 from the answer you got in Step 2