place parentheses, if needed, to make each of the following equations true:

a.5+6.3=33
b.8+7-3=12
c.6+8-2/2=13
d.9+6/3=5

2 answers

Try putting the parentheses around two numbers and figure out what you get. Don't forget that you do operations in parentheses first.

For example:

16-7+5=4

You could do:

(16-7)+ 5 = 4 OR
16-(7+5) = 4

Which one would be right?
Place parenthesis, if needed, to make each of the following equations true:
a) 5 + 6 * 3 = 33