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Punktrechnung vor Strichrechnung
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de Punkt- vor Strichrechnung
Phrase
de phr
de mnemonic Used by mathematics students to remember the order of operations: de Punktrechnung (multiplication and division) before de Strichrechnung (addition and subtraction).
de Punkt vor Strich
Usage notes
Unlike en PEMDAS and its variants, this mnemonic does not specify an order between individual operations. This avoids the misunderstanding that one operation in either pair has precedence over the other.