Bodmas or Bedmas
Bidmas stands for brackets, indices, division/multiplication, addition/subtraction.
(The ones with / between them can be either way round)
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BIDMAS which is sometimes called BODMAS
BIDMAS, BODMAS and BEDMAS all pretty much mean the same thing, although BEDMAS is the least used, BODMAS is used by most mathematicians, and BIDMAS is mainly used for teaching people about it.
2 * 3 - 7 + 8, although you don't require BIDMAS for that!
BracketsIndeciesDivideMultiplyAddSubtractBracketsOverDivideMultiplyAddSubtract
BIDMAS is an acronym to help you remember the order of mathematical operations:BracketsIndiciesDivisionMultiplicationAdditionSubtractionAnother anagram for this is "bodmas" identical, but the "o" stands for "power of":Bracketspower OfDivisionMultiplicationAdditionSubtraction