Elementary and middle school students generally use the acronyms PEMDAS or BEDMAS to help them remember the order in which they complete multi-operation questions. Powers or indices then Multiplication OR division and finally Addition OR Subtraction. More on that later.
Steps 5 and 6.
What part should you calculate first. What part should you calculate first. Brackets followed by Orders ie. The P or B in the acronym stands for parentheses or brackets.