Fauzia has attended:
Excel Introduction course
Excel
Can you please give me a break down of what Bodmas is again?
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Dear Fauzia
Thank you fro attending the Excel Intro Course.
BODMAS is a mathematical theorem that Excel Follows when doing calculation.
The below mentioned are all known as Operators:
^ (Exponent)
+ (Addition)
- (Subtraction)
* (Multiplication)
/ (Division)
When you perform calculations and you have more than one operator in your formula Excel follows the BODMAS Theory.
B (Brackets)
O (Order)
D (Division)
M(Multiplication)
A (Addition)
S (Subtraction)
Just to give you some examples how it works
A B C D
1 20 10 5 =A1+B1*C1
2
3 10 10 5 =A3+B3/C3
In the above examples the result in D1 would be 70 and NOT 150 as the B1 and C1 will be multiplied first and then the result will be added to A1 (The reason is in BODMAS the Multiplication is done before Addition).
Please see if you can calculate the result in D3 and get the result as 12.
NB: If you do want the result in D1 to be 150 then you have to put a bracket around A1 and B1 e.g. (A1+B1)*C1
Do the same for D3 and see if you get the result as 4.
Hope this helps
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