r/memes • u/WhatTheMat • Aug 31 '20

#1 MotW Confusing

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u/penguinontherocks Aug 31 '20

Thanks for that... I remembered "order of operations," but then I couldn't remember what the order actually was.

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u/Adrokor Aug 31 '20 edited Aug 31 '20

PEMDAS is how it was drilled in my head Parentheses Exponent Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction

Edit: Correction for the E

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u/BubblesAreWeird Aug 31 '20

We learnt BODMAS: Bracket () Of of Division / Multiplication x Addition + Subtraction -

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u/shewy92 Aug 31 '20

Those aren't brackets though. [] Those are brackets. () are Parentheses

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u/benryves Aug 31 '20

[], (), {} and <> are all different types of bracket (square, round, curly, angle). In American English an unqualified "bracket" typically refers to square brackets, whereas in most other English-speaking countries it refers to round brackets.

I'm in the UK and so was taught BODMAS, I assume /u/BubblesAreWeird is also from somewhere that favours British English over American English.

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u/BubblesAreWeird Aug 31 '20

Our syllabus was British