The BODMAS rule was not discovered: it was invented as a convention. The purpose in setting out the convention was so that calculations were carried out in the same way by different people and at different times.
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Nobody discovered it. It was invented as a convention. The purpose in establishing this convention was to ensure that calculations were carried out in the same way by different people and at different times.
The BODMAS rule was not discovered: it was invented as a convention. The purpose in setting out the convention was so that calculations were carried out in the same way by different people and at different times.
BODMAS (or PEMDAS) is not a formula. It is a convention, agreed by mathematicians so that they work things out in the same way and therefore get the same answers (hopefully!).
BODMAS describes the order in which arithmetic operations must be carried out. B = Brackets O = Order (power or index) D = Division M = Multiplication A = Addition S = Subtraction. So 2+3*4 is not to be calculated as 2+3 = 5 and 5*4 = 20 but 3*4 = 12 and 2+12 = 14 BODMAS requires that the multiplication is calculated before the addition.
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It is a rule in Mathematics to solve complicated queries. BODMAS : Brackets Of Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Example: (9+3) X 2 Here in this example, first we solve inside values of bracket '9+3' that is equal to 12 and then 12 multiply with 2. Therefore the answer will be 24.