Exploring BEDMAS by Lydia

📘BEDMAS - The Order of Operations📘

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Talofa Lava and welcome to my blog! Yesterday for Maths Room 9, we learned about BEDMAS which is an acronym for:

BEDMAS is a Mathematical Operation that you would use to solve an equation. Here is an example of a BEDMAS question: 

6 - ( 9 - 2) + 3 x 6

Before learning about BEDMAS I always thought that you simply solve the question in the order that it is presented. But then I discovered the BEDMAS principles and how you should apply it when solving equations. This is how I would normally solve the question before I learned about BEDMAS:

6 - 9

But since I couldn't do that I would get stuck in the equation and the answer would've been wrong. After learning about BEDMAS and what it is, this is how I would solve the problem:

6 - ( 9 - 2) + 3 x 6

Simplify:

6 - 7 + 3x6

6 - 7 + 18

6 - 7 + 18

24 - 7 

= 17 

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I really enjoy learning about BEDMAS because it teaches me how to solve various equations using multiple operations.    I can't wait to learn more about BEDMAS!
Question of the blog: Have you ever learned about BEDMAS? How has it helped you in your Mathematical Learning?

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