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Learning objective overview
Master Teaching Guide coverage for this objective.
Current NZC (2007)
NA4-1
New NZC (2026)
NZC26-P4-NUM-NSO-K-Y9-09NZC26-P3-NUM-NSO-K-Y7-13NZC26-P3-NUM-NSO-K-Y7-14NZC26-P3-NUM-NSO-P-Y7-17NZC26-P3-NUM-NSO-P-Y8-14
Resources
- Alpha textbook: BEDMAS (Check Your Understanding on pg 101)
- Alpha textbook: Extra resource to introduce the “E” of BEDMAS
- Other: Extraresource to introduce the “E” of BEDMAS
- Other: Four 4s task— ask BBO how it works (worksheet here)
- CorbettMaths worksheetQuestions PDF · Answers
Terminology
- GEMA
- BEDMAS
- order of operations
Task goals
- Recall the GEMA/BEDMAS order of operations: Grouping (Brackets), Exponents (Indices), Multiplication and Division (left to right), Addition and Subtraction (left to right).
- Evaluate expressions with more than one operation by applying the correct order.
- Evaluate expressions containing brackets, working from the innermost bracket outward.
- Evaluate expressions containing indices/exponents in the correct order relative to other operations.
- Recognise that multiplication and division are evaluated left to right, not multiplication before division.
- Recognise that addition and subtraction are evaluated left to right, not addition before subtraction.
- Identify and correct a common GEMA/BEDMAS error in a worked solution.
Where this fits
What leads into this objective, and where it goes next.
Before
Simplifying Expressions with GEMA / BEDMAS
Basic Power Rules
Rounding to significant figures and applying precision to calculations
You are here
GEMA (formerly BEDMAS)
Know
A mnemonic, such as GEMA — Grouped (e.g. √(3^2 + 4^2)), Exponents (e.g. (−2)^3), Multiplicative (× and ÷), Additive (+ and −) — can be used to remember the order of operations.
Statement▸
Year 9 · Number · Number structures and operations
NZC26-P4-NUM-NSO-K-Y9-09
For teachers
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