#Week 8#

Contents:
*Student’s Worksheet for Basic Mathematics*
1. Rules of BODMAS
Chapter 7: Mixed Calculation Rules 2. Miscellaneous use of BODMAS

1. The four rules (BODMAS)

Mathematics is governed by a set of rules that has been developed to avoid confusion when
working with complicated operations. These rules tell you about the order of operations – in
other words, what you should do first in a sum like this one: 3×4+14 ÷ 2.
One way to remember the order of operations is to use a system called BODMAS. This is a
mnemonic that stands for:
B – Brackets. Work out anything in brackets first. When there is more than one set of
brackets, work from the outside to the inner sets.
O – Of. Change ‘of’ to ‘x’ and work it out.
D – Divide.
M – Multiply. When there are only × and ÷ signs in a sum, you can work in any order.
A – Add.
S – Subtract. When there are only + and – signs in a sum. You can work in any order.

Every mixed calculation must follow certain steps in order to get the correct end answer. We
use a method called BODMAS to tell us the importance of each operation in mathematics –
that is, which operation to do first.

Here is another explanation on diagram to make you more understand.

B O D M A S
r r i u d u
a d v l d b
c e i t t
k r d i r
e e p a
t l c
s y t

← more important less important →

The diagram above tells us that the most important operation is brackets, so we do this first
if applicable, then deal with powers, followed by divide or multiply and then either add or
subtract depending on the sign.
Questions
Work out the value of:
(a) 19× 27+ 23 × 8
(b) 48 ÷ 6 − 54 ÷ 9
(c) 11− 12 ÷ 4 + 3 (7 − 2)

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2. Miscellaneous use of BODMAS

Solve the following questions by using BODMAS rule:

1) 53 ÷ 52 + 32 × 33
2) √9 × 2√81 + √625 ÷ √100
3) (22 × 23 ) − (3√10000 ÷ 4√49)
4) (12 × (−1)3 ) + (15 ÷ (−1)6 )
5) (5√2 × 3√2) − (√14 − √36)
6) 23 × 24 × 25 + (2 × 19) ÷ (31 × 1 × 11)
7) (−1 × 15) + (−10 ÷ (−5)) − (7 − 77) × (3 + 4) × (−22)
8) (−100 ÷ 5) − ((30 − (−5)) × (10)) + (−14 × (−4)) + (−30 ÷ 6) − (−2)
9) (65000 + 34500 + 55200) ÷ 3(25 − 30 − 35 − 40 − ⋯ − 55)
1 5
10) × 3 + (2 × ) ÷ 6
3 2
1 2
11) ( ÷ 5) + (3 × )
5 9
1 3 5 1 3 1
12) × × − ÷ (− ) ÷
2 2 2 4 5 2
8 9 3 7
13) ( ÷ ) + 0 − ( ÷ ) ×0
41 82 41 82
14) 0.5 × 0.5 × 100 + 0.6
15) (0.5 ÷ 0.25) × 10 + (1.3 × 10) − (0.12 ÷ 0.03)
16) (5% × 2.5%) − 11.25% + (10% ÷ 5%) × 50%
17) 7% × (13% ÷ 14%) + 100
1
18) (6.5% + 4.5%) ÷ % − 100%
11
19) −2 × (−2) × 3 × (−10)
20) (10 − 67) ÷ (31 + 45) ÷ (−23)
21) 20000 ÷ (5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + ⋯ + 35)
22) ((−3)2 × 20) ÷ (−(30 + 20 − (6)2 ))
23) ((−5)3 + 50 − (5)3 ) ÷ (100 + √121)
1 2
24) (72 × 5) − (49 ÷ 7) + ( ) − (−14 × 2)
3
1 1
25) −5 ÷ ÷ (−5) ÷
3 3

Practice Exercise

Please use the detailed process for every questions below:

1) 9× 7+ 3 × 18
2) 45 ÷ 9 − 63 ÷ 7
3) 10− 20 ÷ 5 + 2 (7 − 1)
4) 3 × 4 + 14 ÷ 2
5) 18 − 14 ÷ (3 + 4) + 2 × 3
6) (16 − 10) ÷ 2
7) (4 + 3) × 2
8) (14 − 15) ÷ (20 − 2)
9) 5 × 5 + 6 ÷ 2
10) 16 − 10 ÷ 2
11) 30 + 132 ÷ 11
12) 2 + 5 ÷ 3 × 6

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