Toreador (2/6/2013)
archie flockhart (2/6/2013)
It can matter whather you do the multiply or divide first.
(12 / 3) * 2 will give a different answer to 12 / (3*2)
Yes, but that's covered by the "B" in BODMAS - brackets come first.
Yes, but to clarify, if there are no brackets you have to start with the number on the left, not at some random point in the middle. After that, it makes no difference if you multiply or divide first, i.e. you can do the 12 x 2 and then divide by 3, or do the 12 / 3 and then multiply by 2. But you can't do the 3 x 2 and then divide 12 by the result.