Asked by shay

What is
-16 + -8 x -2 -(4-9)= ?

I did it and got -72. I want to know if I'm right. I'm so confused with operations. Would you subtract the numbers and add, then multiply?
Answered by Ms. Sue
Remember PEMDAS

parentheses
exponents
multiply
divide
add
subtract

http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html

-16 + -8 x -2 -(4-9)=

Parentheses: (4 - 9) = -5

-16 + -8 x -2 -(-5)=

Exponents: none

Multiply: -8 * -2 = 16

-16 + 16 -(-5)=

Divide: none

Add/Subtract

-16 + 16 + 5 = 5



Answered by shay
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