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cloaked_wolf
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I got 7 too and would have no idea if I was correct.
I remember BODMAS from year 7 and it was probably the only thing I understood until we covered trigonometry.
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l3v1ck
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Trigonometry was one of the few things I "got" straight away and didn't forget.
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okenobi
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Seems you younguns have the advantage then. I wasn't taught "BODMAS" wtf that is?! We just used a lot of brackets and I vaguely remember multiplication coming first.
But like I said, most of you are smarter than me.
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jonbwfc
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Brackets Orders Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction A memory aid for the processing of equations. Although I can never remember what the 'o' stands for, so it's not much aid to my memory...
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steve74
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Never even heard of BODMAS before (I blame Thatcher's Britain!) - however, if it had been presented in the way "l3v1ck" wrote with brackets... 6 - (1 x 0) + (2 / 2) = ?????...then I would have got 7. As it was presented, I came to 1.  I remember the use of brackets to break down a sum, but can't remember anything about doing multiplication first. Maybe we weren't taught that, or maybe I've just forgotten it. More worrying is that I got an A in GSCE Maths!!
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oceanicitl
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steve74
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Or Pi (3.14159) 
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oceanicitl
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l3v1ck
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We never had BODMAS when I was at school. We were taught Brackets, first, additions/subtractions last. WTF are "Orders"?
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jonbwfc
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powers and roots, basically
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EddArmitage
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We were taught it as BODMAS, BIDMAS, PIMDAS and a number of other variations on a theme. The O or I is for Orders (of) or Indices.
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Fogmeister
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Another one I see a lot is PEMDAS. P = parentheses E = exponents
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ProfessorF
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I see MATHS a lot.
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TheFrenchun
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EddArmitage
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That's not maths. This is sums. A Level maths basically boils down to sums. Sums are cool. Maths is horrible.
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