The Cat Sat
On An Orange
And Howled Horribly
Back of the net for tangents, sines and cosines
Stamp On His Corn And Hack The Other Ankle.
I was also taught Bless My Dear Aunt Sarah at junior school but went on to BODMAS at secondary.
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[Misc] Bodmas
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Stamp On His Corn And Hack The Other Ankle.
I was also taught Bless My Dear Aunt Sarah at junior school but went on to BODMAS at secondary.
Shuggie
Well-known member
Hope you're keeping well.
I was never overseen by Jack. But we did have the pleasure of Poxy Baxter. Parallel. "I always remember it as a sandwich". Only at a Grammar School would the maths teacher take pains to indoctrinate on spelling.
Grammar
Until
Immediate
What was the other word that would trigger a caning if spelled wrongly?
rhythym I reckon
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
I've always remembered the angles by the sounds of the 'words' - sort of So, Car Tower, as if you're addressing the RAC man at the side of the A23...
Anyway, SUVAT equations of motion, anyone? My GCSE Physics teacher told me I'd never forget then and, 25+ years later, I haven't.
Anyway, SUVAT equations of motion, anyone? My GCSE Physics teacher told me I'd never forget then and, 25+ years later, I haven't.
The Cat Sat
On An Orange
And Howled Horribly
Back of the net for tangents, sines and cosines
Silly Old Harry, Caught A Herring, Trawling off America.
The order of the colours of the spectrum was drummed into us as Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain.
Hold me back!
AnotherArch
Northern Exile
BODMAS was imparted to me in 1962 in first year seniors accompanied by the audio of 3 foot board ruler being slammed on desk and the physical attributes of flying board dusters and chalk.
Arthritic Toe
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In English its entirely ambiguous. It can be 96 or 36. In Maths it is 36. Maths has additional rules which English doesn't have.
I was taught the order of precidence in O level maths, but no one ever mentioned Bodmas. In my view its far more complicated to learn the acronym and remember what every letter stands for than it is to just learn the order of precidence.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Jack Liddell was teaching it as BODMAS in 1971 and warned us not to pay any attention to the hereticThomas if we wanted even the most modest success in life.
As was a young Les Hamilton.
Only dealings I ever had with Jack was that annual event where they gave him a GUN
And [MENTION=616]Guinness Boy[/MENTION] - I thought you would have known that you gave up any rights to use logic in arguments when you married her
ForestRowSeagull
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Was taught it is ordinals. Guess you could use an E in terms of exponents
- Aug 7, 2003
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Agreed. No degree in maths but I did get grade A - Pure Maths and grade A - Applied Maths back when the grading was 100% on the final exam, when all workings had to be shown and the only aid was log tables. (1972)
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Some Old Hulks Carry A Huge Tub Of Ale
As an aside, I reckon I have not recited that Richard of York thing for 30 plus years. The power of mnemonics.
father_and_son
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In English, it's down to pauses...
You could say twenty plus <breathe> four times four and get one answer or say twenty plus four <breathe> times four and get a different answer.
Which is why Maths, which has no room for ambiguity, there must be rules to avoid this.
Perfidious Albion
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That depends whether you write
What is 20, +4×4. ....or What is 20+4,×4....
Such is the importance of punctuation.
NB I say the answer to the original question was 96, because there were no brackets
What is 20, +4×4. ....or What is 20+4,×4....
Such is the importance of punctuation.
NB I say the answer to the original question was 96, because there were no brackets
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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I remember learning this in Miss Davies's maths class at Durrington High.
Probably in the 1st or 2nd year there. Back in 1980 ish
Probably in the 1st or 2nd year there. Back in 1980 ish
When I was school in the 90s, Bodmas was definitely a thing. Rarely has in come in handy since, but I still remember it.
Fortunately, back in my day, we weren't forced to learn esoteric metalanguage like fronted adverbials but at some point I learnt how to use them. Perhaps the benefit of learning the jargon when studying your own language is that it helps when studying a foreign language. Sitting in French class, I never understood what was so great about the "perfect" tense but it would've made more sense if I'd known about perfect aspect in English.
Fortunately, back in my day, we weren't forced to learn esoteric metalanguage like fronted adverbials but at some point I learnt how to use them. Perhaps the benefit of learning the jargon when studying your own language is that it helps when studying a foreign language. Sitting in French class, I never understood what was so great about the "perfect" tense but it would've made more sense if I'd known about perfect aspect in English.
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Using colons correctly seems tricky for 8/9-year-olds but I guess you're not expecting mastery at that age.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Bomdas. It's Bomdas.
It was a hard and fast rule tought to me in 1970, by Maths teacher Mr Thomas*, oddly (I just added Rod Thomas to the sicknote thread) so it must be true.
Crikey! MY Maths teacher in 1970 (I was 14) was also a Mr Thomas. Could it be the same one or is it a common surname for Maths teachers? Mind you, my Mr. Thomas was a Maths MASTER rather than teacher at my somewhat traditional Wealden school!
Say what!