Need remedial help from the resident ALGEBRA experts.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need remedial help from the resident ALGEBRA experts.

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:17:43 PM EDT

Woe is me...

After many years away from school, I am going back tonight.
I need to finish my degree to be eligible for a promotion to Lt. with the fire dept I work for.

I start an algebra class tonight.

Someone once told me an anogram that helps you remember the order in which to work the parts of a equation (i.e. brackets, parentheses, ect.)

anybody know this anogram? I forgot it.

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:25:45 PM EDT

[#1]

King
Philip
Cuts
Old
Family
Gold
and
Silver
.
.
.
.
Oops

Damn biology.

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:26:57 PM EDT

[#2]

If you have numbers to fill in all the variables in an equation, start at the inner most parentheses and work your way out to the equals sign. There aren't any tricks - if you have a polynomial of two or three or more terms, each term must handled independently until you can add them together.

It's not the answer you're looking for, but I don't know any other simple way to answer.

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:26:58 PM EDT

[#3]

I don't recall any anogram..Just start from the inner most enclosed part of the equation and do the lowest order first. Addition, subtraction, then multiplication, division, then exponents, roots

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:27:36 PM EDT

[#4]

I think the one you want is PEMDAS.

Parenthesis
Exponentiation
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:27:39 PM EDT

[#5]

My dear aunt sally
mutiply, divide, add and subtract in that order there more to it

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:28:08 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Woe is me...

After many years away from school, I am going back tonight.
I need to finish my degree to be eligible for a promotion to Lt. with the fire dept I work for.

I start an algebra class tonight.

Someone once told me an anogram that helps you remember the order in which to work the parts of a equation (i.e. brackets, parentheses, ect.)

anybody know this anogram? I forgot it.

you forgotted your pemdas! if you need any help dont be afraid to post, as long as you arent trying to make us do your homework for you, usually someone will help you

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:31:48 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
King
Philip
Cuts
Old
Family
Gold
and
Silver
.
.
.
.
Oops

Damn biology.

Yep. On Old Olympic Towering Tops A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops...

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:32:27 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
I think the one you want is PEMDAS.

Parenthesis
Exponentiation
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

I think thats it...but where do brackets fall in that order? first, right?

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:32:27 PM EDT

[#9]

Bad
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Violet
Gives
Willingly

Opps, sorry, that's for the colors indicating a resister's value.

Posted: 1/11/2005 1:33:44 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Quoted:
King
Philip
Cuts
Old
Family
Gold
and
Silver
.
.
.
.
Oops

Damn biology.

Yep. On Old Olympic Towering Tops A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops...

Not looking for cranial nerves

Posted: 1/11/2005 2:24:01 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I think the one you want is PEMDAS.

Parenthesis
Exponentiation
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

I think thats it...but where do brackets fall in that order? first, right?

Brackets are the same as parenthesis, so you just handle them the same way.

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