According to the order of operation, which two operations are performed first? Is it adding, dividing, subtraction, or multiplication?

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Conor

24 October, 19:29

According to the order of operation, which two operations are performed first? Is it adding, dividing, subtraction, or multiplication?

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Jonathan Hogan · Answer 1

Mult. and div.

Step-by-step explanation:

Four operations are listed here. Mult. and div. must be performed first, followed by addition and subtraction.

Order of operations rules are actually more general than this. Anything (expressions) inside parentheses must be evaluated before other operations take place. Next come exponential functions, which are evaluated before mult. and div.