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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Mnemonic Device for Order of Operations in Maths.

Mnemonic Device for Order of Operation.

Things to remember :
The order of Operation in Maths is:
1.      Parentheses
2.      Exponents
3.      Multiplication
4.      Division
5.      Addition
6.      Subtraction

Mnemonic Device Type :
Acrostics

Mnemonic Device :
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

Explanation :
Take out the first letter of the operation in order. You will get P E M D A S .

If you form a logical sentence you will get Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

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Remember this one possible way of remembering. If you have another mnemonic device better than this you can use that mnemonic device.

Furthermore, if you have another mnemonic device don't forget to post as comment.

2 comments:

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    1. Oh. that's great. This mnemonic is so popular that most of the people uses the same.

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