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Order of operations with exponents and brackets
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Learn it BEDMAS: Brackets (innermost first), Exponents, Division and Multiplication left to right, Addition and Subtraction left to right.
Example: $3 \times [2^3 - (4 + 1)] + 6^2 \div 4$
- Innermost brackets: $4 + 1 = 5$.
- Next brackets: $2^3 - 5 = 8 - 5 = 3$.
- Exponent: $6^2 = 36$. Now $3 \times 3 + 36 \div 4$.
- Multiply and divide: $9 + 9$. Add: 18.
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