We too learned it as BODMAS, but the 'O' was 'Orders' (as in Orders of magnitude) rather than 'Of'.

>BODMAS, or BOMDAS is from school. The "of" is to remind people that it's another word for "multiplied by". Simple and lacking expo, I know, but JJ's example didn't have that.
>I later formulated something like NEPOMASTiC for my Excel students Can't remember what all for now :-)
>
>Negation - Exponentiation - Parenth - Of ...
>
>I'll have to check it out in my course notes.
>One thing: I agree that divide should be after multiply, to reduce decimal rounding errors on big calculations.
>
>>I was taught the order of solving is BEMDAS - Brackets - Exponents - Multiply - Divide - Add - Subtract
>>
>>>The rule of evaluation of equations is BODMAS:
>>>
>>> Brackets - Of - Divide - Multiply - Add - Subtract
>>>
>>>So 12
>>>
>>>>

>>>>-24/4(-2)
>>>>

>>>>Is it:
>>>>

>>>>-6(-2) = 12
>>>>

>>>>Or is it:
>>>>

>>>>-24/-8 = 3
>>>>