If the calculations involve a combination of parenthesis addition subtraction multiplication and division then. The parenthesis is a type of bracket which when paired with another bracket is used to interject text within other text. Parentheses bring in a whole new set of rules when theyre part of an equation.
Keeping them as they are identically curved can lead to confusion about where the elements start and stop.
The worksheets on this page are intermediate level and they include equations and expressions that contain parenthesis but not exponents. Then if you have multiplication division addition and subtraction all in a row you want to do your multiplication and your division first. When we see two or more numbers together that are separated by. Well you do your parentheses first.