Order Of Operations Worksheets - BEDMAS or PEMDAS

What is the BEDMAS rule?
BEDMAS (or PEMDAS) is an acronym used to remember the order of operations in mathematical expressions. It tells you which calculations to perform first when you have a combination of different operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponents, and parentheses.

Practice order of operations using BEDMAS (Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction).

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Objective: I know how to perform mixed operations with brackets or parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.

If the calculations involve a combination of brackets or parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction then you need to follow the BEDMAS rules:

Step 1: First, perform the operations within the brackets or parenthesis

Step 2: Second, evaluate the exponents.

Step 3: Third, perform multiplication and division from left to right.

Step 4: Fourth, perform addition and subtraction from left to right.

The following diagram shows the BEDMAS rules for order of operations.

What BEDMAS Stands For:

Brackets/Parentheses (B/P): Perform any calculations inside brackets or parentheses first. If you have nested brackets (brackets within brackets), work from the innermost set outwards.
Exponents/Orders (E): Evaluate any exponents, powers, or roots (like square roots).
Division and Multiplication (D/M): Perform division and multiplication from left to right. This is important: if both division and multiplication are present, you do whichever comes first as you read from left to right.
Addition and Subtraction (A/S): Perform addition and subtraction from left to right. Again, if both are present, you work from left to right.

Example:
Calculate 2³ – 3 × (8 – 6)

Solution:
2³ – 3 × (8 – 6) (perform within brackets or parenthesis)
= 2³ – 3 × 2 (evaluate the exponent)
= 8 – 3 × 2 (perform multiplication)
= 8 – 6 (perform subtraction)
= 2

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