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Can you name the order of operations in Algebra?
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The Order of Operations Quiz
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mathteacher
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Dec 24th, 2009 at 09:22 GMT
15 points
Technically, multiplication and division have the same priority. You should do them left to right, even if division comes first. The same is true with addition and subtraction.(Equal priority. Do left to right.) I know on the quiz you listed them according to the saying student learn to remember them.(Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.)
PublicEnemy
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Dec 25th, 2009 at 01:30 GMT
5 points
I learned it as BEDMAS (brackets, exponents, division/multiplication then addition/subtraction)
Danmcp
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Dec 25th, 2009 at 05:28 GMT
5 points
You should accept brackets for parenthesis
rlnintendo
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Dec 25th, 2009 at 11:00 GMT
3 points
it seems that in everything public enemy comments on, something is different... "back in my day, we only had 151 pokemon" "back in my day there were only 3 legendary pokemon" "[back in my day]i learned it as bedmas"
Secret_Asian_Man
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Dec 25th, 2009 at 17:06 GMT
2 points
purple elephants meet dancing at sea
nick334
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Dec 28th, 2009 at 12:37 GMT
5 points
In the UK it's now mostly taught as BODMAS or BIDMAS (brackets, of/indices, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction)
huey782
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Dec 29th, 2009 at 12:50 GMT
4 points
Back when I was learning this, no one in my class (including the teacher) could think of "Please excuse my dear aunt sally," so we went with "Polly eats mud, dirt, and sand."
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JWC
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 21:10 GMT
49 points
also learned BEDMAS. I think most Canadians do.
silverwraith720
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 21:10 GMT
11 points
@huey782 : It's kind of like learning the musical staff, my grade/high school teachers taught us "every good boy does fine" but in college it was "even George Bush deserves friends" there are tons of things it could be.
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wk1199
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 21:19 GMT
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tjconn728
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 21:23 GMT
31 points
But George Bush doesn't deserve any friends, that mnemonic is just going to confuse people.
Jwats17
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 21:33 GMT
1 point
I included radicals in high school after exponents
dje
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 21:49 GMT
51 points
anyone learn subtraction in elementary school only to get to middle school and find out that everything you learned was all a lie and subtraction is actually addition of negative numbers?
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dldove77
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:10 GMT
-8 points
I quit math a long time ago.
Omni314
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:23 GMT
8 points
pedmas? I was taught bodmas, then bidmas weird
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dmorris1
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:28 GMT
-12 points
silly Canadiens and their non-pemdas mnemonic devices
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MovieDynamic
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:35 GMT
-47 points
Not sure what you want me to do here.
rachael_b
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:41 GMT
9 points
I definitely learned BEDMAS in English and PEDMAS in French. This was just silly!
The
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:55 GMT
22 points
uhh...moviedynamic, I literally think it couldn't be any more obvious.
Kicking222
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:55 GMT
1 point
Oh man, what a great throwback. Awesome little quiz. Took me a few seconds to get the E, but once I did, it was like a light bulb going off over my head- "A-ha! THAT'S what the last one is!"
arm
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 22:57 GMT
21 points
I know its said Pemdas, but you can really switch multiplication and division or addition and subtraction.
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BigSnax69
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 23:06 GMT
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willwo
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 23:12 GMT
1 point
I learned Even George Bush Drives Fast!
Mick9
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 23:25 GMT
4 points
@Jwats17 radicals are forms of exponents.
xMisguidedGhosts
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 23:27 GMT
7 points
We learn BODMAS or BIDMAS (Indices, not of) in the UK.
Dorak
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 23:28 GMT
6 points
BEDMAS is the way to go. Kind of threw me until I realized D and M were switched here.
Schwagirl
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Mar 1st, 2010 at 23:55 GMT
2 points
I learned PERMDAS. We added radicals in so I guess it was please excuse my really dear aunt sally?
BentKangaroo
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 00:15 GMT
-1 points
And we learned it as Pretty Please My Dear Aunt Sally, with the other "P" standing for "powers" instead of exponents.
Lean
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 00:20 GMT
4 points
BEDMAS ftw.
mybeaglebelle
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 00:34 GMT
1 point
@wk1199; No.
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wolfpackjew
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 00:37 GMT
-8 points
there is way too much time for this quiz
erin:
Mar 2nd, 2010 at 00:41 GMT
8 points
a radical is an exponent. it's to the 1/2 or 1/3 (etc) power.
MightySparks
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 01:18 GMT
1 point
We learned it as BIMDAS. The thing on the right kept distracting me because I kept wondering 'what the hell is this going to say' (lol).
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MovieDynamic
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 02:02 GMT
-19 points
Oh I see what you do here. When I was in school we only learned the last four, that's why I was confused when it wasn't taking "multiplication" for the first one. Maybe some clarification is needed.
dethwing
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 02:44 GMT
13 points
This is wrong....multiplication and division are the same operation, and are given equal weight. For instance: "12 divided by 6 times 2" is 4; not 1. The same thing holds with addition/subtraction.
thenasaman
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 02:55 GMT
3 points
Grr. Kept misspelling parenthesis. It should maybe accept the symbols themselves, like +, -, x, /, (), and ^
atoratzy
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 03:43 GMT
2 points
thank you dethwing. multi and division are done left to right.
awesomeguy2204
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 04:53 GMT
2 points
Multiplication is not superior to divition, and additon is not to subtraction, there done in the order they occur
mrdrake
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Mar 2nd, 2010 at 07:55 GMT
1 point
I was taught BEDMAS myself, always knew it like that. But ah well....still despise algebra as it is XD
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