Money & Business
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
...writing 3 x 3 we write 3 2 and express this as three to the ‘power’ or ‘order’ of 2.) Brackets are the first term used in BODMAS and should always be used to avoid any possibility of ambiguity or misunderstanding. A better way of writing 12 + 21 x 3 is thus 12 + (21 x 3). This makes it clear which operation should be done first. 12 + (21 x 3) is thus done on the...