ORDER OF OPERATIONS By John Rome R. Aranas

MDAS

MDAS stands for Multiplication OR

Division, and Addition OR Subtraction

SOLVING USING MDAS RULE 1) Start solving the equation FROM LEFT to RIGHT. 2) Perform ALL the Multiplication OR Division operations from left to right, whichever comes first. 3) Then, Perform the Addition OR Subtraction operations from left to right, whichever comes first.

EXAMPLES

1) Here, we perform first the MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. There’s NO MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION OPERATION, so we proceed to next step.

EXAMPLES 2) Afterwards, we perform ADDITION OR SUBTRACTION.

EXAMPLES

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EXAMPLES

DRILL. ON YOUR MINI WHITEBOARD/NOTEBOOK

ANSWER:34

DRILL. ON YOUR MINI WHITEBOARD/NOTEBOOK

ANSWER:9

DRILL. ON YOUR MINI WHITEBOARD/NOTEBOOK

ANSWER:11

DRILL. ON YOUR MINI WHITEBOARD/NOTEBOOK

ANSWER:8

DRILL. ON YOUR MINI WHITEBOARD/NOTEBOOK

ANSWER:8