Lesson 1 #36

The order of operations is PEMDAS

Parentheses (Parentheses are not an operation.  They are an indicator to perform some other operation that is in parentheses first)

Exponents

Multiplication/Division (from left to right whichever comes first)

Addition/Subtraction (from left to right whichever comes first)

Sometimes it is useful to start by identifying how many and what type of operations you need to perform.  This will keep you from jumping in and performing the first operation you see.

The 4 operations that need to be performed are circled below.

The order we will follow is below:

1. Division

2.  Multiplication

3. Addition

4. Addition

The steps for this process are below.