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CHAPT ER 4
(BODMAS)

4.1 BO DMAS:
BODMAS
BODMAS is the secret code which enables us to know exactly the right sequence of performing mathematical
operations.
Do you
know?

What do you think is the answer to 3 + 4 x 6?

Is it (3 + 4) x 6 = 7 x 6 = 42?
OR 3 + (4 x 6) = 3 + 24 = 27?
BODMAS actually stands for

In BODMAS, O
stands for "order".

(B)rackets

To
be
more
precise it signifies

(O)rder

the "power!

(D)ivision
(M)ultiplication
(A)ddition
(S)ubtraction
We do simplification in the same order.
Example:
According to BODMAS, multiplication should always be done before addition, therefore 27 is actually the
correct answer according to BODMAS.
Here's another example to show how to use all the features of BODMAS:
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Explain the answer that a calculator would give to the calculation 4 + 70/10 x (1 + 2) 1 according to the
BODMAS rules.
Brackets give 4 + 70/10 x (3)2 1
Order gives 4 + 70/10 x 9 1
Division gives 4 + 7 x 9 1
Multiplication gives 4 + 63 1
Addition gives 67 1
Subtraction gives 66

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