What does the O stand for in BODMAS?

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the o stands for order, which also refers to indices or powers.

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O stands O from Powers Of. In secondary once students are familiar with the word indices BODMAS changes to BIDMAS, powers of becomes indices,

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O stands for Orders (Powers)

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