cornelin:
BODMAS is simply an acronym and a aid to memory to school children. "Order" can be conveniently debated to mean "of". So you see, our primary school teachers did not deceive us.
pls, for more info on this subject matter, I would love you to judiciously read up this thread especially Liondeleo input.
https://www.nairaland.com/3786969/maths-teachers-must-apologise-us

he's input was wrong. Flawed. useless. And deceptive....

Emmyvans:
...Not sure what class I was when I first heard the word BODMAS but I am very sure it was in primary school. More so, because I dreaded (or even hated) going to school when I was little, I am also sure I missed the introductory class on BODMAS due to either being ill or feigning illness. I don’t know which of my teachers or friends mentioned the full meaning of the acronym, but what I knew it as was;
[center]Brackets, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction
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It was when BODMAS was trending on the internet, only as recent as September 2016, years after leaving primary school, that I realised I have been talking wrong about the meaning of the acronym. See below;
[center]Brackets, Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction
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I am also certain I wasn’t the only one who had this misconception of the acronym. God bless our teachers sha.
However, the essence of this article is not in whether the ‘O’ stood for ‘Order’ and not ‘Of’ but to address an observed problem that a lot of persons (young, old, elderly) do not understand how this foundational process works. I had my struggles in time past but it appears lot of persons display their misunderstanding of the term with so much confidence that the popular (wrong) response rather than the correct answer is accepted as right to a supposedly simple math problem.

And I ask myself, who is really to blame for this grave misunderstanding. Should we blame our primary school teachers who, themselves, misunderstood the BODMAS process and explained it to us to their own understanding? Or should we blame pupils who didn’t pay attention when the correct thing was taught or who saw teachers as gods and took everything they were taught hook, line and sinker? Or should we blame parents and guardians who did not understand the process or forgot the process and could not put their children through on the right? Whose fault is it?

It may sound funny but it is actually a very serious matter. By fire and by force, we must break out of these strongholds for the sake of our kids and wards.

Dear readers, do take a minute to answer the question below. Also share friends and colleagues to attempt. On the next series, I will also share the right BODMAS process and do share with everyone so that we can all understand.

38 is the answer

femi4:
Stop reading halfway. Bodmas was taught in pry school and early jss where the syllabus covered problems solving involving x to the power of y. Where y is not a fraction. Mr Maths teacher...pele

I'm not a math teacher. If I were, I would prefer it to being a dimwit like you. People like you always try to mask ignorance with stupidity. I know your type.
Inspite of your foolishness, you said what I explained. That using that incorrect version of BODMAS works for early school years. However when dealing with complex mathematical operations, the actual order should be used.
This shows you are not totally useless. Even a dead grasshopper is food for ants. Jobless fellow.

chineduemmao:
i think we've squared up here am only for the younger ones and not me. i can pick and drop anything

Ok. It works well for the younger ones. So the teachers have their reasons. The old ones anyway. These present ones have decided that exam is not a true test of knowledge.

[quote author=Xsem post=62308703][/quote] clap for your self

teewhizzy4real:
clap for your self

You wicket

The answer is 67

ismokeweed:

I'm not a math teacher. If I were, I would prefer it to being a dimwit like you. People like you always try to mask ignorance with stupidity. I know your type.
Inspite of your foolishness, you said what I explained. That using that incorrect version of BODMAS works for early school years. However when dealing with complex mathematical operations, the actual order should be used.
This shows you are not totally useless. Even a dead grasshopper is food for ants. Jobless fellow.

finish him!!!

ismokeweed:

Ok. It works well for the younger ones. So the teachers have their reasons. The old ones anyway. These present ones have decided that exam is not a true test of knowledge.

cool bro... your moniker though... kip smoking, de tin b lik e de hep brain cordinate wella...

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