Year 8 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Order of Operations

Note that 'of ' means multiplication.

Remember:

Note:

After removing any brackets in an expression, work through the expression from left to right applying whichever operation comes first out of:

• 'of ', 'division' and 'multiplication'
• 'addition' and 'subtraction'

Alternatively, you may do all:

•  'of ', 'division' and 'multiplication' together
•  'addition' and 'subtraction' together

Example 12

Solution:

Key Terms

order of operations, BODMAS

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