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  1. What are the formal names of operands and results for basic operations?

    79 I'm trying to mentally summarize the names of the operands for basic operations. I've got this so far: Addition: Augend + Addend = Sum. Subtraction: Minuend - Subtrahend = Difference. Multiplication: …

  2. Order of operations - why are they in the order they're in?

    But why are the operations in the order they are in? The order of operations is ordered the way it is simply by convention (agreement). An author could have used parenthesis for every term of an …

  3. Difference between PEMDAS and BODMAS. - Mathematics Stack …

    Dec 21, 2022 · You shouldn't think of either rule as setting different priorities for multiplication and division, or for addition and subtraction. You need to work left to right for these. PEMDAS = …

  4. real numbers - Order of operation: division and multiplication ...

    Oct 20, 2022 · I always thought division and multiplication have the same order of operation, so it does not matter which of these you do first. But in helping a young student with her math I realized that it …

  5. mathematical operations with infinity [closed] - Mathematics Stack …

    Jan 1, 2021 · mathematical operations with infinity [closed] Ask Question Asked 4 years, 11 months ago Modified 4 years, 11 months ago

  6. What is the reason behind the current Order of Operations? (PEMDAS)

    Aug 6, 2015 · With the current order of operations, we can almost always get rid of parentheses, by using the distributivity laws. In fact, distributivity is what determines the order of operations. …

  7. exponentiation - What's the inverse operation of exponents ...

    Oct 3, 2014 · You know, like addition is the inverse operation of subtraction, vice versa, multiplication is the inverse of division, vice versa , square is the inverse of square root, vice versa. What's the in...

  8. Reversible and irreversible operations in elementary algebra

    Nov 16, 2015 · Reversible and irreversible operations in elementary algebra Ask Question Asked 10 years, 1 month ago Modified 2 years, 7 months ago

  9. arithmetic - Does the order of operations matter with just addition and ...

    It appears that you are confusing what is means to group together, or associate, the operations. Yes, addition and subtraction are commutative: The operations can be performed in any order. Yes, …

  10. What is the order of operations for $p \\implies q \\implies r$

    Mar 7, 2018 · Closed 7 years ago. I've been studying mathematical logic recently and we have briefly covered the order of operations for operators like AND/OR/IMPLIES, etc.