PEMDAS (order of operation)

• What Is PEMDAS?

  • an acronym for Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction
• Steps in PEMDAS

  1. prioritize numbers inside parentheses
  2. simplify numbers with an exponent
  3. multiply or divide numbers from left to right
  4. add and subtract numbers from left to right
• An exponent is a number written on the upper right of another number called the base.