5.4.1

BIDMAS

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Bidmas

‘BIDMAS’ tells you what order to do 'operations' in.

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B for Brackets

  • Any operations in brackets are done first.
    • Always start with the innermost set of brackets.
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I for Indices

  • Any powers should be done second.
    • For example squaring a number or taking the cube root.

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