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In commmon core in the USA did they change the Order of operations recently in the past 5 years?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (24531points) July 15th, 2018

In math I remember the phrase. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. PEMDAS. How do I learn the new math or should I let it slide?

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

Canada and New Zealand use BEDMAS, standing for Brackets, Exponents, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations I didn’t read much of the article. To much wall-o-text.

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