The confusion for some people come because order of operations is sometimes taught as BEDMAS and BODMAS. These are mentioned in your wiki link. Both alternatives put division ahead of multication.
Interesting. I haven't ever heard of BEDMAS/BODMAS before.
For others to read: (Per wikipedia page)
- In the United States, the acronym PEMDAS is common. It stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction. PEMDAS is often expanded to the mnemonic "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally".[5]
- Canada and New Zealand use BEDMAS, standing for Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction.
- Most common in the UK, India, Bangladesh and Australia[10] and some other English-speaking countries are BODMAS meaning Brackets, Order, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction. Nigeria and some other West African countries also use BODMAS. Similarly in the UK, BIDMAS is used, standing for Brackets, Indices, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction.
PEMDAS/BEDMAS/BODMAS/BIDMAS.
Geez - as if international language barriers wasn't bad enough - now we can't even agree how to do international math!
Now -
You young punks get off my lawn!!!!