Mnemonic Device
- BODMAS*
- Brackets, Order, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Substraction
Variation
- BIDMAS*
- Brackets, Indices, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction
Explanation
to remember the Order of Operations
Additional Information
Orders, Indices or Powers are also known as Exponents. Brackets are also known as Parentheses (change the B to a P). *most common in the UK and Australia