Word Stuff
9 - 3 x 2=12
Correct answer is 3. Do x then -, not - then x.
The sum of 8 and 12
8 + 12
14 - 2 x 7
0
A book fair sells 25 books each day for 24 days. How many books are sold during the entire book fair?
600 books were sold
Why is it important to know PEMDAS as a mathematician?
So everyone can solve every problem the same (correct) way.
1 + 5 x 5 =30
Multiplication is solved before addition. The correct answer is 26
5 times the difference of 6 and 14
5 x (14 - 6)
49 ÷ (3+4) + 5
12
A school has 18 buses going on a field trip. Each bus can carry 44 students. What is the maximum number of students the buses can carry?
792 students
What is the saying we use to remember the correct Order of Operations?
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.
2 x (13 - 3) = 23
Parantheses are solved first. The correct answer is 20
15 less than the quotient of 480 and 6
(480 ÷ 6) - 15
A school orders 48 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 35 pencils. How many pencils did the school order altogether?
1680 pencils
Tell what 5 3 really means.
It means 5 x 5 x 5
4 + 5 + 7 - 3 x 2 = 26
You need to follow PEMDAS and do x first. Correct answer is 10.
7 plus the product of 9 and 8
9 x 8 + 7 or (9 x 8) +7
(4 - 1) + (5 x 12)
63
A sports tournament has 32 teams. Each team receives 27 water bottles for the tournament. How many water bottles are needed altogether?
864 water bottles
The problem was 20 - 5 x 2 + 3. My answer was 33. What did I do wrong?
I went from left to right without using the correct order of operations.
10 3 = 30
10 3 = 10 x 10 x10, which is 1000, not 30.
The sum of 36 and 24 divided by the difference of 10 and 4
(36 + 24) ÷ (10 - 4)
12 + 22 x 32 - 42
21
A candy factory makes 352 pieces of candy each hour. If the factory runs for 16 hours, how many pieces of candy will it make?
5632 pieces of candy