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1. The document discusses the BODMAS rule for evaluating mathematical expressions. BODMAS stands for Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. 2. It provides examples of applying the BODMAS rules to evaluate expressions involving different operations such as division, multiplication, addition, subtraction, and brackets. 3. Violating the order of operations as described in BODMAS can lead to incorrect solutions. The document emphasizes solving brackets and expressions within brackets first before proceeding to other operations.

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Bodmas - MBAtutes

1. The document discusses the BODMAS rule for evaluating mathematical expressions. BODMAS stands for Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. 2. It provides examples of applying the BODMAS rules to evaluate expressions involving different operations such as division, multiplication, addition, subtraction, and brackets. 3. Violating the order of operations as described in BODMAS can lead to incorrect solutions. The document emphasizes solving brackets and expressions within brackets first before proceeding to other operations.

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Tutes School BODMAS

Of Learning

Tutes School of Learning


BODMAS
When an expression involves all (or some of) the sign +,-,*, ÷ , brackets and ‘of’, the operations inside
the brackets are to be carried out first , followed by ‘of’ operation, then multiplication or division and
lastly, addition or subtraction . this whole thing can be summarised as a acronym ‘bodmas’ rule, where
‘b’ stands for bracket, ’O’ for of ’D’ for division, ’M’ for multiplication ,’A’ for addition and ‘s’ for
subtraction .

1) If an expression contains brackets, the expression within the brackets should be simplified first.

2) If the expression involves ‘of’, multiplication (or division), addition and subtraction, then ‘of’ should
be performed first , followed by multiplication or division, then proceeding from the left to the right ,
addition and subtraction are carried out in order in which the sign of addition and subtraction are given .
it given be noted that if the expression contain ‘of’ and ‘division’, always do ‘of’ first and then do
division , in order to get the carried out answer .

3) if the expression involves all the four operation, then multiplication and division are carried out first in
the order in which they are given from left to right . This order also applies to the operations of addition
and subtraction, which are carried out later.

Study the names of the brackets given below :-

() is circular bracket

{} is curly brackets

[] is square brackets

When a bracket is preceded by plus (+) sign, the bracket is removed without making any change in the
expression.

When a bracket is preceded by minus (-) sign, the bracket is removed by change’+ to – ‘ and ‘- to +’
within the bracket

When there is a bracket within a bracket, the innermost bracket is removed first, followed by the next
innermost and so on.

Violation of the above rule leads to wrong answer.

This can be explained by taking the following examples.

Anish has five notes each of rupees ten, find the total amount he has.

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Solution

Following BODMAS rule,

5 * 550 + 5 * 10 = 250 + 50 = 300

But if we do addition before multiplication, the answer is as follows:

5 *55 * 10 =2750, which is wrong.

Illustrative examples

1. 5 - {2/5 of 5/6 + (7 ÷7/4)} = ?

SOLUTION :-

5 - {2/5 of 5/6 + (7 ÷7/4)}

= 5 - (2/5 of 5/6 +4)

= 5 - (2/5 × 5/6 +4)

= 5 - (1/3 + 4)

= 5 - 13/3

= 11/2 - 13/3
= 7/6

= 1 .

2. ½ ÷ ½ of ¼ - 2/5 × 2 ÷ 1 = ?

SOLUTION :-

½ ÷ ½ of ¼ - 2/5 × 2 ÷ 1

= ½ ÷ ½ × ¼ - 2/5 × 7/3 ÷ 15/8

= ½ ÷ 1/8 - 2/5 × 7/3 ÷ 15/8

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= ½ × 8 - 2/5 × 7/3 × 8/15

= 4 - 112 / 225

= =

= 3 .

3. 1 – {1 ÷[1 + 3 ÷ (4 + 1÷ ( 2+(1÷7)))]} = ?

SOLUTION :-

1 – {1 ÷[1 + 3 ÷ (4 + 1÷ ( 2+(1÷7)))]}

Solving the brackets from the innermost to the outermost, we get

= 1 – {1 ÷[1 + 3 ÷ (4 + 1÷ ( 2+(1÷7)))]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 3 ÷ ( 4 + 1 ÷ ( 2 +1/7))]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 3 ÷ ( 4 + 1 ÷ 15 / 7)]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 3 ÷ ( 4 + 1 × 7 / 15)]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 3 ÷ ( 4 + 7 / 15)]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 3 ÷ ( 67 / 15)]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 3 × 15 / 67]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [ 1 + 45/67]}

= 1 – { 1 ÷ [112/67]}

= 1 – {67/112}

= .

4. 7 of 168 + 3 ¼ of 612 = 3 ¾ of ? + 2 ½ of 8 + 2

SOLUTION:-

7 of 168 + 3 ¼ of 612 = 3 ¾ of ? + 2 ½ of 8 + 2

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3 ¾ of ? + 2 ½ of 8 + 2 = 7 of 168 + 3 ¼ of 612

3 ¾ of ? = 7 of 168 + 3 ¼ of 612 - 2 ½ of 8 - 2

= 23/3 of 168 + 13/4 of 612 - 5/2 of 8 -2

= 23 / 3 × 168 + 13/4 × 612 - 5/2 × 8 -2

= 23 × 56 + 13 × 153 - 5 × 4 -2

15/4 × ? = 1288 + 1989 - 22

15/4 × ? = 3277 – 22

15/4 × ? = 3255

? = 3255 × 4/15

= 217 × 4 = 868.

5. 30 - ( 2 × 6 + 15 ÷ 3) + 8 × 3 ÷ 6

SOLUTION:-

30 - ( 2 × 6 + 15 ÷ 3) + 8 × 3 ÷ 6

Let remove the bracket first, then ( 2 × 6 + 15 ÷ 3) becomes ( 12+ 5) = 17

Now = 30 - 17 + 8 × 3 ÷ 6

= 30 - 17 + 8 × ½

= 30 - 17 + 4 = 17.

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