Asked by Ashley

Hi! I am trying to solve an order of operation question
would you please check my answer...
36+9/3*5

I soved it to equal 51
9/3=3
3*5=15
36+15=51

Thanks for your help!!
Answered by PsyDAG
It looks fine as indicated by this site:

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol7/order_operations.html

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
Answered by drwls
Depending upon the order of operation, you can get several different answers. You need to use parentheses and brackets to specify the order of operation. In your case, you calculated
36 + [(9/3)*5]= 51
What you wrote could just have easily have been interpreted as
[(36+9)/3]*5 = 75
or
(36+9)/(3*5) = 3
Answered by Ashley
thank you!
Answered by Lisa
can you solve this proble for me 162 x 15/51
Answered by Lisa
can you solve this problem for me 165 x 15/51
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