Jones BCE Order of operation what to do first

The order of operations is a set of rules that determines the sequence in which calculations are performed. The common acronym is PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), Addition and Subtraction (from left to right).

First, solve the parentheses: $$7 - 4 = 3$$ .

You perform multiplication and division from left to right.

The result is $$3$$ .

You can write it as $$3 \times (6 + 2)$$ .

First, perform the division: $$18 \div 6 = 3$$ .

The value is $$20$$ .

The result is $$10$$ .

After solving parentheses, perform multiplication and division from left to right.

The value is $$13$$ (first do the multiplication: $$2 \times 3 = 6$$ , then add $$7 + 6 = 13$$ ).