Order of Operations

B- Brackets ( )

E- Exponents a²

D- Division (in order from left to right)

M- Multiplication ^

A- Addition (in order from left to right)

S- Subtraction ^

Question 1:
Annie has been asked to calculate 1.7 + 6 divided by 2 . She claims the answer is 3.85 . Do you agree ? Explain why or why not.

Answer:
I do not agree with Annie because she didn't follow BEDMAS.

Question 2:
Put brackets in the following expression to get the largest value possible . What problem solving strategy did you use ?

Answer:
I did 6.4 divided by 4 = 1.6, then i did 3x 2.8 = 8.4 and then i did 8.4 + 1.6= 10.

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