B- brackets E- exponents
D- division
M- multiplication
A- addition
S- subtraction
First you have to see if you have any brackets on in you question, you should add them together.
Next see if you have any exponents in your question, you should also add them together.
Then see if you have any division or multiplication in your question, start from left to right, which ever one comes up first.
Next see if you have any addition or subtraction, you also start from left to right, which ever one comes first.
E.g
2x (4+8) ÷ 2-1 =
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2x 12 ÷ 2-1=
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24 ÷ 2-1 =
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12 -1 =
11
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Homework :
1. Annie has asked to calculate 1.7 + 6 ÷ 2. She claims the answer is 3.85. Do you agree? Explain why or why not.
1.7 + 3 = 4.7
2. Put brackets in the following expression to get the largest value possible. What problem strategy did you use?
3 x (2.8) + (6.4 ÷ 4) = 10
3. Create a problem that could be solved using the following expression.
(2.5) + 1.25 + 5 x (1.6) = 11.75