In algebraic expressions, radicals and exponents are completed first.
Subject: root
Transcript: NARRATOR: NOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS, THERE ARE SOME DETAILS TO FILL IN. IF THERE HAPPENED TO BE ANY ROOTS IN
Numerators and denominators are packages that cannot be broken up, and must first be simplified.
Subject: root
Transcript: EXAMPLE, THE SQUARE ROOT OF 15 PLUS 10, WE MUST BEGIN BY ADDING. THEN WE TAKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF THE SUM, 25. THE ANSWER IS 5. LET'S WORK ONE OUT TOGETHER