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[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 days ago

I never ran into PEMDAS while growing up, in Sweden I've always been taught of it as the following order of operations:

P
E & Roots
M & D
A & S

[-] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago

Technically roots are a form of exponent, just fractional (square root is power of 1/2, for instance). I can see how it could be easier to conceptualize when you break it down like that though. Neat to see the differences compared to the US breakdown :)

[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Technically we go for 2. Powers & Roots, I just didn't want to break the PEMDAS when comparing. :)

[-] stray@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

e: Wanted to see if this is a thing in English.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

That's PEMDAS...

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago

They aren't using the same words so the shorthand (if they have one) is different. I don't think we had a shorthand for it either, we just learned it.

And we learned them in groups numbered like the Swedes

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Okay then, but, fun story, the BODMAS they're talking about is also just PEMDAS using different words and a different listed order for multiplication/division, with the understanding that it's more properly PE(MD)(AS)

The order of operations is the important bit and everyone learns it that way. What causes the arguments is when dummies online forget that M+D or A+S can theoretically be done properly in any order and that part is a matter of preference.