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What does the letter BODMAS stand for?

What does the letter BODMAS stand for?

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Bergeront Tiffney

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Bergeront Tiffney
Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer, M. Tech, Southeast Montgomery

Answered May 23, 2019

BODMAS is the acronym for Bracket, Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. The acronym is an important tool in remembering the order of operation in Mathematics. Any Mathematics student who does not know this, is not fit to be called a mathematician. The acronym has helped me in particular in many occasions. Getting the right answer without following the rule of BODMAS will be very difficult.

BODMAS is the acronym for Bracket, Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. The
To apply the BODMAS in your mathematics, you just need to follow the order in which each letter is arranged and know what each letter stands for. Following BODMAS simply means, you will start solving your maths problem from those ones in the Bracket, then you proceed to Order, after that you move to, Division, you go in that order till you finish at Subtraction. Many students are making mistake because they don't know what BODMAS is and how to apply it to their maths problems.

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J. Emmerich

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J. Emmerich, Web Content Writer, New York City

Answered May 07, 2019

This stands for Bracket of Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction. This is normally used in order to help people understand the order of how they are going to solve certain equations with more than one mathematical process needed. There are a lot of people who solve things incorrectly mainly because they did not know the right format to follow.

This stands for Bracket of Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction. This is normally
BODMAS as well as the other mathematical abbreviations such as MDAS, PEMDAS, and so much more can be followed in order to get the right answer. Take note that BODMAS can only be applied when there are brackets that are available in the equation.

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Bobby Rickets

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Answered Apr 16, 2019

Bodmas. This is an acronym that is used in mathematics, because often mathematical operations end up with erroneous solutions when the order of the operations has been wrongly applied.

Bodmas. This is an acronym that is used in mathematics, because often mathematical operations end
Bodmas is a mnemonic as well as an acronum and stands for Brackets Order Division Multiply Add Subtract . Given this mnemonic, there is less chance of getting muddled up over a complex mathematical question

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