The expression 6 + 3 × 2 has two plausible answers — 24 if you plow left to right, 12 if you multiply first — and mathematics refuses to leave that ambiguous. BODMAS (Brackets, Orders, Division/Multiplication, Addition/Subtraction) is the tiebreaker, known in American classrooms as PEMDAS with its "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" mnemonic. Both acronyms encode the same hierarchy: handle grouping symbols first, then exponents, then multiplication and division working left to right, and finally addition and subtraction left to right. So 6 + 3 × 2 = 12, and (6 + 3) × 2 = 18 — the brackets change everything. Viral social media math puzzles exploit exactly this confusion. This calculator evaluates expressions honoring the correct precedence: enter your values in the Variable A and Variable B fields and read the Result. When in doubt, add brackets yourself; explicit grouping beats memorized rules for avoiding errors.

With the pre-filled defaults — Variable A 10, Variable B 5 — the Bodmas Calculator returns Result 50.0000. Change any input and those results update instantly, so you can see exactly how each number you enter moves the answer.