It's the BODMAS thing.
Seems silly, but try solving more complex equations without using it. You can't.
I can't remember being taught it at school either. I came across it in 'Advanced Homework for Adults' last year.
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The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sun 5 Jun 2011, 11:45,
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I've been looking up that BODMAS acronym since I started this discussion
and altho some folks seem confused as to what the O is I know and knew ALL parts the acronym stands for, I simply was never told there was a set order of execution if no brackets or exponents were present.
God my mind is literally blown that I've got THIS far in life without knowing that, weird!
*goes to lie down*
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..wil, Sun 5 Jun 2011, 12:03,
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