Should We Multiply or Add First?
Over Time, Mathematicians Have Agreed on a Set of Rules Called the Order of Operations to Determine Which Operation to Do First. When an Expression Only...
Over time, mathematicians have agreed on a set of rules called the order of operations to determine which operation to do first. When an expression only includes the four basic operations, here are the rules: Multiply and divide from left to right. Add and subtract from left to right.
Do you start with multiply or add first?
Answer: The correct answer is 56. The order of operations can be remembered by the acronym PEMDAS, which stands for: parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division from left to right, and addition and subtraction from left to right. There are no parentheses in this problem, so start with exponents.
Why do we multiply before addition?
Students should have answered something in their own words that gets across the concept: Multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction in order to convert groups of items into subtotals of like items that can be combined for the total.
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