That’s PEMDAS…
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anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoI never ran into PEMDAS while growing up, in Sweden I’ve always been taught of it as the following order of operations:
- P
- E & Roots
- M & D
- A & S
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Saapas@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
They aren’t using the same words so the shorthand (if they have one) is different. I don’t think we had a shorthand for it either, we just learned it.
And we learned them in groups numbered like the Swedes
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Okay then, but, fun story, the BODMAS they’re talking about is also just PEMDAS using different words and a different listed order for multiplication/division
Saapas@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
The disadvantage of a shorthand compared to just a numbered list might be that people think it’s strictly one after the another instead of groups
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Technically roots are a form of exponent, just fractional (square root is power of 1/2, for instance). I can see how it could be easier to conceptualize when you break it down like that though. Neat to see the differences compared to the US breakdown :)
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Technically we go for 2. Powers & Roots, I just didn’t want to break the PEMDAS when comparing. :)