Please, Excuse

My Dear Aunt

Sally

Order of Operations

Please: Parenthesis, or Brackets

Excuse: Exponents

My: Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

Dear:

Aunt:

Sally:

Example 1

4 + (7- 5)x3 = = 4 + 2 x 3 = = 4 + 6 = 10

5 + (28 + 5 ) : 3= = 5 + 33 : 3 =

= 5 + 11 = 16

Example 2

100 – 5 x ( 6 + 7)= =100 – 5 x 13 =

= 100 – 65 = 35

Example 3