Parentheses

(pronounced par-enth-ess-ees)

Parentheses – Are the bracket symbols ( ). One bracket is a parenthesis.

The parenthesis is the descriptive word for brackets

The parents did this (parenthesis) – they hung their naughty kids from brackets in the living room.

Example 1

Example 2

Example of parenthesis, remember bracketed sums need to be calculated first when following BIDMAS