Negatives

BIDMAS and WHOLE NUMBER ARITHMETIC

Negative Numbers Negative Numbers BIDMAS

To do this you need Order of

to first add -9 and -4
To solve this equation, you which is 13, and then
you know you need
operations
first need to multipy 5 by 7, to make -15, so the
which is 35. Since the number would have
to be -2.
amount of minus signs is
odd we put a minus sign
before the number.
Therefore the answer
would be -35.

In this equation, we do 16
divide by 2, which is 8, and
Whole number
then add a minus sign
before the 8.
arithmetic Whole number
To do this we can
use column arithmetic
multiplication as
BIDMAS so: 2 - even
Since multiplicaton comes 3 - Add digits up - if can divide answer by 3.
before addition, we do 4
4 - half number is still even
times 3 first, which is 12, and
then add 5 which is 17,
5 - ends in 5 or 0
To do this i would 6 - same as 3 but even.
Again multiplication comes
first, so 4 times 3 is again 12, use column
and add by 5 is 17. It is the subtraction, to
same answer and numbers get the answer of
just muddled around.
3437.
Dividing comes
first so 10 divided by
2 is 5, and then
added by 6 is 11.
To do this equation you
Since dividing comes before
addition, we do 20 divide by
need to use column addition
4 which is 5 first. Then we which is simple to do.
add 17 to that which is 22.
Indices comes before
addition in BIDMAS so
3 squared is 9. Then we
add 4 to 9 which is 13.
Indices come before
subtraction, so 5 squared
is 25. Then we subtract 3
from 25, which is 22.