Bodmas

The operations are performed sequentially from left to right in the order of ‘BODMAS’. In BODMAS the letter B means Brackets, O means Of, D means Division, M means Multiplication, A means Addition, S means Subtraction. Grouping symbols Names First operation under Brackets are perfomed first. Brackets are grouping symbols to indicate a preference in the order of operations. ––– Bar bracket or Vinculum ( ) Parenthesis or common brackets { } Braces or Curly brackets [ ] Brackets or Square brackets If more than one grouping symbols are used, we first perform the operations within the innermost symbol and remove it. Next we proceed to the operations within the next innermost symbols and so on. 2) Next Operation – “Of” is performed before Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction We sometimes come across expressions like ‘twice of 3’, ‘one - fourth of 20’,‘half of 10’ etc. In these expressions, ‘of’ means ‘multiplication with’. For example, (i) ‘twice of 3’ is written as 2 x 3, (ii) ‘one - fourth’ of 20 is written as ‘half of 10’ is written as 2) Next Multiplication, Division is performed from left to right before Addition and subtraction 3) Finally Addition and subtraction are performed from left to right

B O D M A S First we perform operation under bracket. Example 1 First we perform operation under bracket. B O D M A S Next operation in order is multiplication Example 2 First we perform operation in innermost bracket Next we perform operation in square bracket

B O D M A S Of means multiplication and is given preference first Example 3 Of means multiplication and is given preference first B O D M A S Example 4 First we perform operation under bar bracket. Of means multiplication and is given preference first Apply division of fraction rule

Try these 1) Simplify 2) Simplify