Order of Operations - Parenthesis Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Objective. Parenthesis in math are used to group important things together so you always do them first. Contents of parentheses powers from left to right multiplication and division from left to right and addition and subtraction from left to right.
Contents of parentheses powers from left to right multiplication and division from left to right and addition and subtraction from left to right.
Add and Subtract rank equally and go left to right So do it this way. Work inside of parentheses or grouping symbols following the order PEMDAS as necessary inside the grouping symbols. 9 - 5 8 - 3 x 2 6 For this problem you must calculate the operation within the parentheses firsteven if its an operation that would normally come after the other operations in the problem. Third we solve all multiplication and division from left to right.