A common technique for remembering the order of operations is the abbreviation or more properly the acronym PEMDAS which is turned into the mnemonic phrase Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. Perform all additions and subtractions working from left to right. 3 6 x 9 3 - 7.
Only once the grouping parts are done will I do the division followed by adding in the 4.
If grouping symbols are used such as parentheses perform the operations inside the grouping symbols first. Evaluate 3 6 x 5 4 3 - 7 using the order of operations. Simplify the numerical expression below. A ddition and S ubtraction left-to-right Divide and Multiply rank equally and go left to right.