ORDER
OF OPERATIONS
Prepared by
GLENDA P. DAPROZA, T1
REAH S. BELLOSA, T1
Often you will have to evaluate expressions that
have more than one operation on them. For
example, how would you evaluate You might
proceed in one of two ways. Only one is correct.
Add 8 and 2. Multiply 2 and 4.
Multiply by 4. Add 8.
ORDER OF OPERATIONS
1. Compute inside parentheses first.
2. Evaluate all exponents.
3. Multiply and divide, working from left
to right.
4. Add and subtract, working from left to
right.
GEMDAS
PEMDAS • P- Grouping Symbols
• P- Parenthesis
• E- Exponents
• E- Exponents
• M- Multiply
• M- Multiply
• D- Divide
• D- Divide
• A- Add
• A- Add
• S- Subtract
•
BODMAS • S- Subtract
B- Brackets
• O- Order
• D- Division
• M- Multiplication
• A- Addition
• S- Subtraction
How am I supposed to
remember that?
This will help
you to remember
the order of
Please Excuse
operations. My Dear
Aunt Sally
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
P Parentheses ( )
E Exponents 4 3
M Multiply x
D Divide
A Add +
S
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Parentheses ( )
Always do
parentheses 1st.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Exponents 4 3
Always do
Exponents 2nd.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Multiply x
Divide
Do multiplication
and division 3rd,
from left to right.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Add +
Subtract - Do addition and
subtraction 4th, from
left to right.
To simplify an expression means to
replace the expression with the simplest
value.
Example 1: Simplify 4 + 15 ÷ 3
PEMDAS
4 + 15 ÷ 3 Divide first
4+5 Then add
9
PEMDAS
3+2 - (9+1)
3
= 3+2 - 10
3
= 3+8-10
= 11-10
= 1
PEMDAS
3 (9+1) + 6 2
= 3(10)+6 2
= 3(10)+36
= 30+36
= 66
PEMDAS
4+5 x (6-2)
= 4+5 x 4
= 4+20
= 24
PEMDAS
4+ 10 x 2 -16
3
= 4+10 x 8 -16
= 4+ 80 -16
= 84-16
= 68
PEMDAS
21 + 10 10
2
= 21+10010
= 21 + 10
= 31
PEMDAS
10+7 -2 x 5
2
= 10+49–2 x 5
= 10+49- 10
= 59 - 10
= 49
PEMDAS
64 (9 x 3-19)
= 64(27 –19)
= 64 8
=8
𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎=𝟔𝟎
𝟐𝟎+𝟓+𝟓=𝟑𝟎
𝟓 −𝟐=𝟑
𝟏+𝟏𝟎+𝟒=𝟏𝟓
𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎=𝟔𝟎
𝟐𝟎+𝟓+𝟓=𝟑𝟎
𝟐+𝟓+𝟐=𝟗
𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎+𝟐=𝟒𝟐
𝟏𝟎+𝟔𝟕×𝟐=𝟏𝟒𝟒