How Does PEMDAS Work?

Jun 10, 2020 | Hinsdale

Today's math facts and images come to us from TheCalculatorSite.com:

$PEMDAS diagram$

"PEMDAS is a mnemonic acronym for the order of operations in math: parentheses; exponents; multiply or divide; add or subtract. When there are several operations in a single expression, it's important to calculate them in the proper order (parenthesis first, exponents second...) to get the correct outcome."

Here are some handy ways to remember the order of PEMDAS:

We hope these handy tools help you remmeber how to solve those pesky order of operations problems!

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