BImdas

Solve this problem 5 x 3 + 2 =

Solve the problem Did you get 17? Or 25?

The rule! There’s a rule we can use to help us when we approach a tricky problem like this...

BIMDAS! B: Brackets I: Indices M: Multiplication D: Division A:Addition S: Subtraction

Where do we use it? As you get older, there are more and more difficult maths problems. Often they have different operations in them. We need to work out how to work out the problem. There’s a rule for the order in which we do the sums in the whole problem!

BIMDAS You remember the rule of BIMDAS. If there is a multiplication problem in the sum, you do that one first. (M) Then you do the division problem. (D) Next, you do the addition. (A) You do the subtraction problem last. (S)

Have a go 4 + 5 x 3 =