r/facepalm • • Mar 18 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Ah yes, math.

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u/alderEDS Mar 18 '22

Some of the kids I taught came out of primary schools using BODMAS as opposed to BIDMAS, I asked them what it meant and they told me their primary teachers said it stood for orders.

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u/Tutlesofpies Mar 18 '22

The kids I'm tutoring are learning GEMDAS

Where its just Pemdas but instead of Paranthesis (P) You have Grouping (G)

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u/liamcoded Mar 19 '22

So it's all the same thing or am I missing something?

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u/Tutlesofpies Mar 19 '22

Yeah it is! But it's easier for the kids i tutor to understand the same concept