Order of Operations

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What is the Order of Operations?

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The Order of Operations is a set of rules that determines the sequence in which calculations are performed in a mathematical expression. The correct order is: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), Addition and Subtraction (from left to right).

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What do parentheses do in an expression?

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2

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59

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What is the correct order for the Order of Operations?

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Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

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What does the exponent in an expression indicate?

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9

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11 (because you do the multiplication first).

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0 (because you calculate inside the parentheses first).