Literacy Research Memory Skill Practice Stretch! Learn the order of operations (the order in which you carry out calculations) Brackets Indices Division / Multiplication Addition / Subtraction Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction, Operations Other than BIDMAS, what other acronyms are used for the order of operations? Skill Practice 5 + 3 × 3 = 20 - 7 × 2 = (6 + 2) × 9 = (12 - 2) ÷ 5 = 2 + 32 × 4 = 80 - 3 × 52 = 30 - 3 x 7 + 5 = 3 x 4 + 1 x 6 = 5(2 + 7) + 1 = (2 + 5)2 = Stretch! Use brackets to make these statements true. 3 + 7 x 4 = 40 5 x 10 – 2 = 40 6 ÷ 5 – 3 = 3 6 ÷ 2 + 7 x 2 = 20 5 x 10 – 2 2 = 2304