omaolowo:
Has PEMDAS Really Taken Over From BODMAS?


"In those days", one of the rules of Algebra in solving of equations was to use the mnemonics BODMAS - as the order of operations to follow....

B - for Brackets
O - for Of
D - for Division
M - for Multiplication
A - for Addition
S - for Subtraction

Yesterday while discussing this "almighty" order of solving equations with a young undergraduate, he politely informed me that my BODMAS of yesteryears is no more! That rather it is now PEMDAS that is now being taught in schools and colleges.....

P - for Parentheses
E - for Exponent
M - for Multiplication
D - for Division
A - for Addition
S - for Subtraction

While an ancient like me can allow the fresh nomenclatures for "Brackets" and "Of" of yesteryears, when did "Division" lose its position for "Multiplication"? He could not answer me!

Finally, is it now true that "Multiplication" has taken precedence over "Division" against what the Entebbe Workshop that became "Modern Mathematics" of the 1960s taught to people of my generation?

Igboid:

6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS
6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS
I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

adioolayi:

I think with PEMDAS you should have 5 too..
M -1x0 gives 0
D-2/2. gives 1
so u have 6-0+1
A-0+1 gives 1
so you have 6-1 =5

Sexytemi:
I hate maths, and all what u guys are saying sounds so foreign to me..

I only know bodmas!!!!!!!, so Which one is pedmas again o

omaolowo:
Has PEMDAS Really Taken Over From BODMAS?


"In those days", one of the rules of Algebra in solving of equations was to use the mnemonics BODMAS - as the order of operations to follow....

B - for Brackets
O - for Of
D - for Division
M - for Multiplication
A - for Addition
S - for Subtraction

Yesterday while discussing this "almighty" order of solving equations with a young undergraduate, he politely informed me that my BODMAS of yesteryears is no more! That rather it is now PEMDAS that is now being taught in schools and colleges.....

P - for Parentheses
E - for Exponent
M - for Multiplication
D - for Division
A - for Addition
S - for Subtraction

While an ancient like me can allow the fresh nomenclatures for "Brackets" and "Of" of yesteryears, when did "Division" lose its position for "Multiplication"? He could not answer me!

Finally, is it now true that "Multiplication" has taken precedence over "Division" against what the Entebbe Workshop that became "Modern Mathematics" of the 1960s taught to people of my generation?

sniperwolf:
The rule still remains BODMAS. Parentheses and brackets are used interchangeably.
Of, Division and Multiplication are both Commutative and Associative. Same can be said for Exponent, Division and Multiplication

lrguru:

some girls just hate maths for no reason, but when they buy recharge card of #400 and three gold circle condom pack #150 at #50 each, they know their change is #550 naira when they give the seller #1000. but ask them to solve

400+ 50(3)+ y=1000, find y? they will say maths is too hard. smh

Igboid:

6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS
6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS
I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

sniperwolf:
The rule still remains BODMAS. Parentheses and brackets are used interchangeably.
Of, Division and Multiplication are both Commutative and Associative. Same can be said for Exponent, Division and Multiplication

EzePromoe:
They're the same. Division and Multiplication works interchangeably. Addition and Subtraction works interchangeably but not with Multiplication and Division involved in the equation.

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

Sexytemi:




Abeg bros no vex o, but when calculating my change or money, there's isn't any "y" lost o, and I dont have to remove any bracket, am good at counting and calculating money; D, but hate maths that includes "y" and "x" with ()

Igboid:

6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS
6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS
I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

EzePromoe:
They're the same. Division and Multiplication works interchangeably. Addition and Subtraction works interchangeably but not with Multiplication and Division involved in the equation.

vidi88:


the answer is 5 in both cases

adioolayi:

I think with PEMDAS you should have 5 too..
M -1x0 gives 0 D-2/2. gives 1 so u have 6-0+1 A-0+1 gives 1
so you have 6-1 =5

PigMeat:

u even know maths sef. U be genius ooo.

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

vidi88:

the answer is 5 in both cases

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

gyroscopic:
can someone solve: 12÷6×2 using BODMAS and PEDMAS and prove to us they same?

Igboid:


6-1x0+2÷2 = 7, using PEMDAS

6-1x0+2÷2 = 5, using BODMAS

I don't think PEMDAS and BODMAS are basically the same.

martineverest:
yes,BODMAS is outdated.

martineverest:
yes,BODMAS is outdated.

FvckeDyoBiTch:
This august wil be my junior year studying aeronautical engineering and I didnt find that shít funny...In a space of 2 years since I finished high school maths changed completely even now in elementary school, there's a new way of teaching maths called common core...look it up. My cousin was fuming that her son got an F on a simple maths problem for a 3rd grader she helped him with. When I saw it, I was confused for the first 1 and a half minute. But thats how humanity works...EVOLVING.

By the way, Parenthesis is what we call Brackets in the states...Its still the same sequence really.