One maths session Mr. Flett told us about BODMAS. At first most people didn’t have a clue what it meant but when he explained it, it made a lot of sense. He told us that the letters of the words stand for the first thing in the sentence of maths.
B stands for brackets so even if the brackets are at the end or the middle of the maths sum, you still have to do them first.
Next is O which stands for orders. Orders are the little 2s and 3s at the top of the numbers. They are called squared and cubed. Next is D and M which are division and multiplication. Last but not least is A and S, addition and subtraction.
It is much easier if you can see it so here are some pictures photo online.
Here is an example:
And here are some explanations we made ourselves!
By Isobel
I really enjoyed using BODMAS. My mum teaches BODMAS to her students so I know how important BODMAS is.
Bodmas completly changes the answer to a sum. The same goes to negative numbers
Bodmas was so much fun
I really enjoyed doing bodmas it was very interesting and fun and I like the style of math
My Dad says that BODMAS is an excellent acronym to assist with performing mathematical calculations.
Alison (Kieron’s mum) – A much more fun way of remembering BODMAS than when I was at school!
Awesome