What each letter means
Steps of PEMDAS
Find the answer
Find the answer 2
Which comes first
100

what does the letter E mean in PEMDAS

Exponents

100

What comes 2nd in PEMDAS?

Exponents 

100

2 X 5 +4

14

100

9 -3 X 2

3

100

in 42  + (4+7) what comes first?

(4+7) Parentheses

200

what does the letter P mean in PEMDAS

parentheses 

200

True or False:  Does Multiplication come before Division?

False

200

2^3-10

-2

200

(8-3)^2

25

200

 in 5x 3(10-6) / 3 what comes first

(10-6) Parentheses

300

what does the letter A mean in PEMDAS

addition

300

What comes 1st in PEMDAS

Parentheses 

300

42  + (4+7) 

27

300

(5-3)^2-(2*2)

0

300

100/10+y

Division 

400

what does the letter M mean in PEMDAS

multiplication

400

True or False:  Is it true that Addition and Subtraction is the last step and it is whichever comes first going left to right

True

400

-7+3(5/5)+7

3

400

4- 52

-9

400

24 x 4 + 7-2= 

exponents 

500

Which do we do first: Addition or Subtraction?

Whichever comes first - left to right

500
What is Step 3?

Multiplication/Division whichever comes first - going left to right

500

(16+2^2)/4(-3)

-15

500

17 X 22/(3-20)

-4

500

10 x 3 + 7 

multiplication  

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