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The rule is to evaluate terms according the following order of priority: In UK it is BIDMAS, an acronym for Brackets, Index, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction. In US, it is PEMDAS = Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction order of the mathematical order of operations." Note, that multiplication and division have the same priority; also, addition and subtraction have the same priority.
PEMDAS RULE IS parentheses,exponent,multiplication,division,addition,subtraction
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Because that is a rule mathematicians agreed upon many years ago.
Remember the memory reminder of BIDMAS which is the order of operations in arithmetic meaning Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction.