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Brackets (aka parentheses),

eg 30 - 4 x 5 would normally be 30 - 20 ie 10, but (30 - 4) x 5 would be 26 x 5 ie 130

Use parentheses to if you would like to change the normal order of calculating answers.

Here is the order of mathematical operations:

  1. Parenthesesat
  2. Exponents
  3. Multiplication and Division
  4. Addition and Subtraction

Here two examples of how you would change the order of operations for an equation to achieve different results with the same numbers and operators:

EXAMPLE 1:

1 + 6 * 2 = 1 + 12 = 13

(1 + 6) * 2 = 7 * 2 = 14

EXAMPLE 2:

3 * 2 + 4 / 2 = 6 + 2 = 8

(3 * (2 + 4)) / 2 = (3 * 6) / 2 = 18 / 2 = 9

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