Bodmas

Hello Diane

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

BODMAS is an acronym to help you remember the order that Excel will perform calculations in, should you have a formula that contains more than one type of operations (e.g. an addition and division as part of the same formula).

So:
B stands for brackets - anything inside brackets is done first
O stands for order - anything raised to the power of something is done second
D stands for division
M stands for multiplication - division or multiplication would be done next, after brackets and order
A stands for addition
S stands for subtraction - addition or subtraction are done last after other operations.

Kind regards
Amanda