04-16-2017, 12:31 PM
(04-16-2017, 12:22 PM)awemawson Wrote: NO! You always evaluate the term inside the bracket first - (That's the B of BODMAS) - then any attached terms to the bracket which imply Multiplication (which is the M of BODMAS)
So 5+5 = 10
2(10) is 2 x 10 so = 20
Then 20 divided by 20 gives you the answer = 1`
I am doing brackets first and then multiplication/division in the order they appear. 2(5+5) implies multiplication and the division comes before this multiplication.