Or it was some random teacher
Yeah, maybe. My Year 7 students, who have come fresh to me from Year 6, use BEDMAS, and I teach BEDMAS for consistency (I also think it's a better acronym anyway - think of a massive 4-poster bed to ingrain the idea of BED-MAS)...


















That's right, they Distributed the 5(17) into (5x17), and your point is?
With you, yes, and your point is?