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TSI Math: Remembering the Order of Operations 16 Views


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What is 60x ÷ 12 × 5?


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00:02

All right sy Math people Simple equation for you What

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is sixty x divided by twelve times five All right

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a classic order of operations problem and by classic we

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mean intentionally curveball Tricky We may be tempted to multiply

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first but resist multiplication and division go from left to

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right so we divide first then multiply because that's the

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order in which the two operations are written so it

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should be five Acts times 5 is 25 acts so

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that's it The answer is d and seriously though squash

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that urge to multiply first Otherwise we'll end up with

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well weird numbers ex survey or some other strange things

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