September 15, 2011

Order of Operations

We have outgrown PEMDAS.  For example, we have other ways to group numbers, not just parentheses, so today we are explaining and writing a new way of remembering the order of operations.  Type your answer into the prompt on eTUSD.

9 comments:

Ha Kyung Y.Period2 said...

hmm i have to thnk about this...i've known PEMDAS ever since fifth grade (please excuse my dear aunt sally heehee)

Ryan C. Per. 6 said...

@ HA KYUNG
would that b PEMDASH? not sure there is a heehee operation, ahha

Ha Kyung Y.Period2 said...

lol ur so funny

Ha Kyung Y.Period2 said...

it would be cool if there WAS a heehee operation, though

Ryan C. Per. 6 said...

heehee, the operation of spliting everything in half

Ha Kyung Y.Period2 said...

lol...but why in half?

Anonymous said...

Im confused about the Rational and Irrational. Can someone tell me? Thanks.

Anonymous said...

@ Ronald:
RATIONAL NUMBERS are numbers that CAN be turned into a fraction.
IRRATIONAL NUMBERS are numbers that CAN'T be turned into a fraction.

Michael Yee said...

Also Ronald, i have so irrational numbers for you...
PI (3.14159265358976323...)
square root of 7

Also, don't copy my smiley faces, I see them all over your binders and things. Please DON'T do that if you don't know what it means. (if you know ok sure)