Order of operations

Definition

The agreed sequence in which operations are evaluated: brackets and indices before multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction.

Used by AQA and OCR

Specification A2 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3

Specification 1.03a · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher), Paper 5 (Higher), Paper 6 (Higher)

The agreed sequence in which the operations in a calculation are performed.
To ensure that everyone interprets the expression in the same way, mathematics uses a conventional order of operations.
Revise: Order of Operations

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