Order of Operations

Today in class we talked a little but about the Order of Operations. This is the order in which math problems should be completed.

The order of operations is probably the most important part of a mth problem. If a problem isnt solved in the proper order the whole problem can be wrong. The Order of Operations is more well known as PEMDAS or Please excuse my dear aunt sally (Parentheses, Expontents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Substraction.)

One very important thing that should be noted with the Order of operations is in the Multiplication/division  and addition/subtraction. The two can be switched. For example in the Problem 9/3*4 you wouldn't want to multiply 3*4 first you would follow in order as the problem is written. The same rule is used for addition and subtraction.

This Website does a good job explaining the importance of the order of operations along with some examples for practice.