Sunday, November 7, 2010

How Does BEDMAS Works?

B-bracket(s)
E-exponent(s)
D-division
M-multiplication
A-addition
S-subtraction
NOTE:DIVISION,MULTIPLICATION,ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION HAVE TO BE IN ORDER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.


EXAMPLE:



SOLUTION:

1. Annie has been asked to calculate 1.7+6/2. She claims the answer is 3.85.Do you agree?Explain why or why not.
No,I disagree because the right answer is 4.7 and this how I got it:

2. Put brackets in the following expression to get the largest value possible.What problem solving strategy did you use? 3x2.8+6.4/4

3.Create a problem that could be solved using the following expression. 2.5+1.25+5x1.6
Francesca is planing to buy school supplies. A pen cost $2.50,a pencil cost $1.25, a 100 piece of loose leaf cost $5.00 and a scribbler cost $1.60. How much total does Francesca have to pay over all?The answer is $1.75 and here's how I got it:

Garfield St. N. held their annual marathon contest.The ladies ages 15-25 yrs.old ran 2.5 km,boys and girls ages 9-14 ran 1.25 km,men ages 20-30 ran 5 km and senior citizens ran 1.6 km.How much is the total kilometer that in the marathon contest?Here's how I got my answer:



Video:



here's a link that might help you
http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html

8 comments:

joshL814 said...

Good Job Isabel! You have everything, but in the first sentence in #3 you put her instead of his. Good Job though!

Carlor 8-14 said...

Good job! I like your pictures it really made your work stand out and your explanation is really clear. Just like Joshua said about in the first sentence in # 3, you should put her instead of his or you should put lesbian. LOL just kidding. Don't worry, you really did a good job!

Isabel873 said...

thanks Joshua for letting me know!!!! and thanks Carlo R for your comment!!!! :)

charry816 said...

Nice Job Isabel! I like how you explain the answer on the picture! (:

marielle709 said...

Great job isabelle! but next time make your pictures bigger to so we could see it clearly! Anyways, GREAT JOB!

Isabel873 said...

thanks Marielle for your opinion!!!!!

Janessa814 said...

Good job I like the video ( it's the same as mine ! ) and I like how you put your own pictures !

Marlo873 said...

Good job I like how you explained Bedmas and how you labled every thing and showed how you got your answer but when it got to the video it was a little bit boring