Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥔💎 Sunday, May 19, 2024
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year agoI had to remember the order of operations, managed the correct answer after a shameful number of minutes 😬 BEDMAS helps
I had the order of operations with no problems, but somehow managed to calculate 18-12 = 4 which really messed me up.
I am good at maths in theory, but tend to muddle up calculations in my head. I really need to be able to pin the numbers down on paper, in my head it’s like they wriggle around on me.
Similar with spelling for me. Can’t do it out loud without at least air writing it with a finger, and paper is better. Odd mental blank spot.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I really hate that that’s even a thing. Logically, my brain wants to do it in the order that it’s shown in. Doing it any other way just feels unnatural. Like building a roof before building the house
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Helps to isolate the problem by putting brackets round anything that you KNOW needs to be done separately.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Doesn’t help much if I don’t KNOW what needs to be done separately.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
PEMDAS
parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.
That’s how I remember it.