document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=825156>Question 825156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is BID MAS? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "BIDMAS and BODMAS are acronyms, like PEMDAS to remind students of the agreed upon conventions for order of operations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For BIDMAS,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B stands for Brackets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I stands for Indices, like exponents and root indices.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D and M stand for Division and Multiplication.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A and S stand for Addition and Subtraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For BODMAS, O stands for orders, and means the same as the I above.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For PEMDAS,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P stands for parentheses, which means the same as brackets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E stands for exponents, which means the same as orders, or indices.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What those acronyms do not tell you is that multiplication and division have the same priority, so you do them as you find them, from left to right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The same thing goes for addition and subtraction. </SPAN>\n" );
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